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A Man and His wife
Stroll into an Ikea
Head straight to the kitchen
Grab 2 cases of Cinnamon Buns
The man carries them in his left arm
His wife grips onto his right arm
To the left she spots a table
The height of a baby who has not yet mastered walking
It is on sale
Three years later
It is propped in the center of their living room
In their 30th floor New York City penthouse for guests to admire
At it sits a baby who has not yet mastered walking
Scribbling with a purple crayon
Her spilt milk blankets the wood
And Honey Nut Cheerios decorate it
Eight years later
Her name is sloppily engraved probably with a fork
In five different places
And on it lies her soccer ball
and her purple shin guards
And her mothers keys that she can never find
and in the center stands a box of Honey Nut Cheerios
That the girl eats before school
17 Years Later
Her cellphone rests on the edge of the table
Five new text messages flash across the screen
Three are from her boyfriend, one is from her friend
And another is from her mother
Beside her cellphone slumps her makeup bag
and her homework which she forgot to bring to school
21 Years Later
The girl is off at college 2000 miles from home
The table stands alone at a dump
To it’s right are eight battered TV’s
Seven of them no longer work
21 days later a man and his wife stroll into the dump
Just to take a peek
Three years later
At it sits a baby who has not yet mastered walking...
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