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Chris

She said: I’m an ordinary girl with an ordinary name,

David schell
Feb 02, 2025
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Chris

It was a Saturday in spring
She sold at the market.
Bouquets were twenty five
Stems are were dollars each.

When I told her sign
had Daffodils misspelled,
she smiled and said:
I believe in freedom of speech.

She put out her hand
She said: I’m an ordinary girl
with an ordinary name,
Chris.

I saw her in summer
at the coffee house.
She mixed the l…

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