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Little Boy Blue

by Traci Mabats

A little boy went
missing once
from a hotel
his family was
staying at
They searched for him
for hours
until they finally found him
at the bottom of
the hotel's pool
where they had passed
several times
but couldn't see him
because he was
so blue

11/14/2004

Author's Note: Thought I should add, this was based on a true event that happened when we were in Grand Forks. They put out an Amber Alert but later that day discovered him. I can't remember how old he was....

Posted on 11/14/2004
Copyright © 2024 Traci Mabats

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Ginette T Belle on 11/19/04 at 06:27 PM

oh my goodness, sharona, you said this so simply but it just bleeds powerful emotion...and i agree with the contrast you've used between the simplicity of the poem and the words you've used, almost like a child was telling the story, and the complexity of the actual subject...well done!

Posted by David Hill on 01/07/05 at 12:39 AM

Compact and chilling, more so with the matter of fact style.

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