Store in a
copper basin
with tulips or
rose petals,
under a
salt lamp.
Pray over
and be kind to it.
Play Mozart and
Chopin for it.
Let it know you
as a friend, and
always, always
say thank you.
George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, The Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Havana Times, South China Morning Post, The Buffalo News, and more.
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