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Central Park – A Quick Observation

Published by Julie Hazlett at June 6, 2021
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Central Park - a quick observation - poetry

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Central Park

I see old ladies with white, painted faces.
Their thick-lensed eyes follow passing children.
Bread crumbs falling from paper bags,
Dried leaves blowing, a tin can rolling,
sitting and watching as they grow older.


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