MY LITTLE BOY SAM



MY LITTLE BOY SAM

HE WAS A TINY ONE JUST
LIKE HIS MOTHER. HE

LOOKED LIKE THREE WHEN HE
WAS REALLY SIX. I TOOK HIM
TO SCHOOL THEY ACCUSED
ME OF UPPING HIS BIRTH
CERTIFICATE. AND MAKE

HIM BE THE RIGHT AGE.
I HAD TO PROVE TO THEM HE
WAS SIX YEARS OLD. THE KIDS

CALLED HIM BABY SAMMY
CAUSE HE WAS SO LITTLE AND
SO SHY.

HE HARDLY SAID ANYTHING
AND HE WAS APT TO CRY. HE
SOON GOT USED TO THEM AND
HE LOVED THEM TOO, BECAUSE
THEY TOOK CARE OF HIM IN
WHATEVER THEY HAD TO DO.

BILLY WAS SO MUCH BIGGER
THAN HIM, BUT THEY GREW
VERY FAST AND SOON SAM
OUTGREW HIM NOT IN BODY
WEIGHT, BUT IN HEIGHT AND
THAT MADE THINGS RIGHT.
TRUE STORY

JUNE 2 2021
Author Clara Case ( Deen )

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I LOVE TO SHARE IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO REAL, MY SAM WAS SO TINY.

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Submitted by Deeny107 on June 02, 2021

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Scheme A XB BXXXX XBX BCX XBCXXD XDABCXB XX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 635
Words 140
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 5, 3, 3, 6, 7, 2

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