Manipulative

An older couple seem so sweet
and together for 40 years
They’ll invite you for dinner and
listen attentively to your words
Give you a small gift that
they thought you might like
They can be just like sunflower
seeds- occasionally come across
An empty shell or terrible tasting one
you’re not going to spot them
Just by looking around but
you’ll come across those bad seeds

Ugly Girl

You can put puzzles back
together
Cars that have been
disassembled
Tonka toys that sat in a
box
A quilt just patch up when
scissored
Glue together some shoes when
split
But when you call a girl an
ugly girl
Its different you have to be
tender
You can’t patch up a feeling on
to her
Sew up a torn emotion that is
swollen
Damage control of an ugly girl begins
with you
Tell your daughter no matter her tiny flaw
she’s beautiful
That flaw is in YOU only that you never got
fixed
You’re just letting it rip into her and
will never patch