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Frog Hair

Oh, that’s cornball.

a library doesn’t need a shiny gold sculpture

a simple, content man

only needs a fried bologna sandwich

to be as fine as frog hair

so many pink, yellow, and white bands intertwined

lay slack against his thin wrists

What’s your favorite color, Papaw?

the painkillers answer pink

to please his only granddaughter

Canned spam.

Cigarette smoke.

Macaroni noodles with canned tomatoes.

Trips to the library on early-out school days.

My own getaway driver.

A cut-up, he instilled and inspires my humor.

Ask me how I am.

Just fine?

No. Fine as Frog Hair.

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