Transitions can be tricky for little ones and even though they may not be able to tell us with words, they do show us through their behaviour. Starting daycare or preschool, a new teacher in the…
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man,
notching a slot where a rib should be.
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man
to bring to the market to sell.
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man
to turn the heads of children carried in their parent’s arms.
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man
to return home barely wrapped after failing to sell.
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man
to bequeath to your children to break its belly when
coins reach the throat.
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man
without being able to explain how.
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