Strays / Because of Lee
We are tested, did we fail?
Not today, in the Safeway parking lot.
We circled the stray in our SUV's and compacts -
throwing concerned glances at each other -
looking for the wayward parent.
Not that Sunday morning, after church,
when motorists and cyclists stopped
to find the frantic mother of a wandering child.
But, we did fail, many years ago,
when a little boy named Lee was not circled
by concerned witnesses -
and was never returned to us.
It is because of Lee that I circle.
Not today, in the Safeway parking lot.
We circled the stray in our SUV's and compacts -
throwing concerned glances at each other -
looking for the wayward parent.
Not that Sunday morning, after church,
when motorists and cyclists stopped
to find the frantic mother of a wandering child.
But, we did fail, many years ago,
when a little boy named Lee was not circled
by concerned witnesses -
and was never returned to us.
It is because of Lee that I circle.
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