Lawrence Hall
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                            Two Little Girls Grew Up Here

Two little girls grew up here in this happy place
Trees and lawns and puppy dogs and peace
From sandals and shorts to graduation gowns -
Sometimes when gardening I find their little treasures:

A plastic watch face whose bright colors remain
The broken handle from a toy teacup
A cap pistol with a rusted mechanism -
I don’t know what belonged to my own child

Or to that little girl from long ago
Who, when she was grown, drank herself to death