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We Miss You
How long will you be gone?
When are you coming back home?
Your old gardening hat's still hanging
out there beside the back door on
the rack waiting for you to come back,
and granny made you some
chocolate covered popcorn last week.
She's the only one don't realize you're not here.
She calls me by your name sometimes,
but mostly she just calls everybody '"dear.'
Your Sweetie was standing down by
the pond yesterday looking all forlorn.
So we're all just wondering...
Will you be back pretty soon?
By the way,
are you bringing lots of goodies back for us?
From off your long sojourn out there in the world?
Well, we just can't wait to see what you got for us!
But please hurry, we cant stand it much longer,
It'll never be the same around here no more
Until after we see you come walking in that door!
We miss you.
-ovia