my little girl

Pin stripe figure.
One. Two. Three.
Shadow dropped.
Marking the way. 
Centered.
Blue green with yellow mixed.
The sky above.
The concrete beneath.
Keep it.  
Hold it.
Let it go.
She walks.
I cry.
The heaves of boulders on my chest
Arise to pierce my cheeks.
The curls of strawberry echo in the dusk.
And she is gone.
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