Then & Now (1994 & 2014)

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THEN

The little blue boy

in the back of the bus

is the only one who is

not one of us.

The little boy with

his eyes in a book

is the only one with

a different look.

We all shout and scream

and laugh with glee.

He, the bus driver’s dream,

has a knobby red knee.

Bespectacled, with a blue beret

who, amongst us, will fling it away?

NOW

Little blue boy is now

a full grown man.

I wash his car

as often as I can.

It’s okay that he

calls me “Flipper.”

I say it's okay because

he’s a generous tipper.

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Footnote
THEN & NOW (1994 & 2014) is the copyrighted property of LCSol.
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