Looking Glass Pond

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Looking Glass PondTommy’s dad left his room after sayin’ goodnightHoping Peppermint Shnapp’s hid his whiskey breathTommy climbed out his window in the cool starlightGrabbed a sapling and some bait to go fishing withFound his fav’rite spot at the end of a winding pathCast his line then saw his father’s face starin’ backFrom Looking Glass Pond, through a tiny grove of pinesWhere fireflies dance in shadow and iv’ry moonlight shinesWhere wind can hear itself sigh and hoot owls come to hauntAnd lonely eyes can see themselves in Looking Glass PondSandy could hear her mom and that man through the wallsSo she stole off in the night with her old skatesSnowflakes salted her curls in the chill of late FallAs she found peace in axels and figure eightsFor all her dreams she feared she’d end up like her momMaybe life was like skating in circles on Looking Glass Pond, through a tiny grove of pinesWhere yesterday hides in shadow and iv’ry moonlight shinesWhere wind can hear itself sigh and hoot owls come to hauntAnd lonely eyes can see themselves in Looking Glass PondThey met by that pond just before the April thawTalked of their tomorrows and cursed what they sawBy the time their folks missed their daughter n sonThey were two counties gone hitchhiking fromLooking Glass Pond… Looking Glass Pond©2007 Robert George