Michael's grandfather had died in July
And nothing else that happened all summer seemed as important
So on the night of his third day of school
His mother fought back tears,
But helped with the shoebox
And when he brought it to the front of class the next day
Ricky Monden said it was "Freaky"
And some girl in the back of the room laughed
But Mrs.Harrelson,
Who knew about loss,
Smiled and said:
You did a fine job,
especially the use of a tongue depressor as a head stone
She gave him an A+
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