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Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0 posted 2008-05-09 09:26 PM

Sally’s sitting pale and skinny,
down at the police sub-station
underneath Philadelphia City Hall.

Philadelphia City Hall,
of course,
is a grand old girl,
one of the most beautiful
city buildings
in the entire world.

Sally is a pretty girl too,
just pale and skinny.

Sally’s not near as old
as City Hall.

She’s only eight,
at the cops’ best guess.

The cops found her
with a cotton sack,
something like a pillowcase.

Sally’s stuffed it
with old rags
she’s collected
in the rubbish bins.

The friendly cop
treats her nice,
asks her where she lives.

Sally doesn’t have
any idea
where she lives,
she does know though.
She’d like very much
to go home.

The police have no choice,
they have to put her in a home,
put her up for foster care.

They hope someone
will treat her right.

That’s all they can do.

Bobby

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

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Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

1 posted 2008-05-09 10:38 PM

A sad slice of life that happens too often. Thank you for spotlighting it...

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 posted 2008-05-09 10:42 PM

Thanks Balladeer,

What you say is true, thanks for reading and your kind response.

Bobby

Marchmadness
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since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

3 posted 2008-05-10 01:22 AM

Sally's story is so very sad.
Ida

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2008-05-10 01:32 AM

Thanks dear Ida,

Yes, and her life got even sadder when she went into foster care. In this poem, she's only dead poor.

Bobby

Alison

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since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

5 posted 2008-05-10 01:52 AM

Robert,

You got me in your poetry net some time ago. I think that your writing is a picture of life that spans generations and geographical areas. Your stories touch so many of us. Thank you.

Alison

2islander2
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since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

6 posted 2008-05-10 01:59 AM

Sally's life didn't look like easy ...Thank you for sharing.

yann

Margherita
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since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

7 posted 2008-05-10 05:09 AM

So very sad, dear Bobby, and still such dramatic situations continue to happen all around the world. It's because people haven't got their priorities right.

Love,
Margherita

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

8 posted 2008-05-10 03:49 PM

Thanks dear Alison,

I'm pleased that my stories work that way. You are correct, of course. Such things happen all over the place. Thank heavens for the kindness of the police in this story. Of course they don't always behave themselves.

Love Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

9 posted 2008-05-10 03:52 PM

Thanks Yann,

For reading and commenting. No, Sally's life is not easy at all. This story is based on an incident with my Gypsy buddy Anderzej, that happened many years ago.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10 posted 2008-05-10 03:54 PM

Thanks dear Margherita,

Yes, you are quite correct. Such incidents do happen everywhere.

Love Bobby

Roniece Dawson-Bruce
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since 2000-01-29

Posts 5689
Sydney, Australia

11 posted 2008-05-18 09:08 AM

poor little Sally...I would gladly give her a place to call home Bobby... love RDB

Be kind at heart....for everyone you meet has their own battle to fight.........

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12 posted 2008-05-18 09:12 AM

Thanks dear RDB,

I'm sure you would give Sally a home. Sally did have a home in this one, she just didn't know where it was.

Bobby

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

13 posted 2008-05-18 01:47 PM

Robert, though I almost never comment on your Felix and Sally stories, I do read through a lot of them. For whatever reason, I've just never gotten "into" them, though I think they ARE well done. I agree with a lot of the comments associated with them too, so what's my problem about commenting???

Hell if I know.

Jimmy

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

14 posted 2008-05-18 04:20 PM

Yo Jimmy,

No one has to comment on anything. I would guess you don't relate, or perhaps you relate too well. Anyway, that's no problem. I just hope you enjoy some of them. My stories are very location oriented.

Bobby

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