I remember my Mother's _____black leather purse
hanging open on a hook by the door in the hall. _____
I put my hand inside, feeling for the embroidered change purse.
Quietly I opened the purse,
_____put enough money to buy a candy bar in my pocket.

In the bushes by the river, I sat by myself -
eating candy as the river flowed by beneath my dirty feet.

..................................................... home