Poetry

Mother Earth

Celeste Escobar

I love my motherMy true motherI smack my feetAgainst her sandy skinHot or coldI don’t careI do it every day

You do it tooSometimesTo get exerciseBut I do it for funTo love herTo hug herTo roll around on her lapAnd laugh.

Mother Earth Celeste Escobar
Celeste Escobar, 9
Belmont, CA

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