Poetry Playground Writing Prompt #36

Lives in Contrast

Joined at last

Catherine Oceano
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Published in
2 min readSep 7, 2024

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A regal looking mansion perches behind a field of manicured grass
Photo by Ramith Bhasuka on Unsplash

I met him at a campground
his family tented next to mine
we played in the sand
shared jam sandwiches and hot dogs
peppered with dirt

Late at night we played cards
at his site or mine
the picnic table lit with
lanterns that cast shadows
of our moving hands

When it was time to go
he took my phone number
I said he should visit me
he said he would
we were nine and perfect in our love

The next month the phone rang
his mother called to say
he was on the train
a five-hour trip would bring
Roy to me

He didn’t know
that the girl he met camping
lived in a mansion
behind a feathered lawn
maintained by a gardener

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Catherine Oceano
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