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WAWANOSH INDUSTRIES poem

Story ID:3945
Written by:Richard L. Provencher
Organization:Retired
Story type:Poem
Location:Truro Nova Scotia Canada
Year:2008
Person:Richard L. Provencher
Wawanosh Industries

that boy is young at
eighteen years of age,
mentally handicapped
but full of beautiful things
inside
his expression is sheer delight
grinning his wide grin
teeth showing so brightly
his buddies are shoulder to shoulder
cleaning out filthy bottles
all day
for a local oil refinery,
and he can still carry a tune

© Richard L. Provencher 1980


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