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Subject: Re: "Today's Poem"

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MoM

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Date Posted: 14:15:16 01/07/04 Wed
In reply to: Willow 's message, ""Today's Poem"" on 09:09:59 03/02/03 Sun

>Two little cars, a red and a blue
>Owned by a little boy I knew
>Their power not run by gasoline
>But two little hands they played between
>And when I picked them off the floor
>From under the couch or behind the door
>I pressed them lovingly to my heart
>For my dear little boy they seemed a part
>For the paint worn from those little machines
>Were by two little hands they played between
>Now that little boy has gone away
>To a far off land
>Till a far off dayAnd as I tuck each toy away
>The tears fall fast
>As I kneel and pray
>That the day will come
>When this war will cease
>And he will come home
>To love and peace
>�
>~Mae Atwater Phillips~
>
>Written by my great-grandmother for my grandfather
>during World War II.
>Dedicated now to my little brother Joshua Cookson,
>Private First Class in the U.S. Army.
>
>With love,
>Willow
>http://home.maine.rr.com/willowsgrove/

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