Last year on the first day of school....Elliot waving goodbye to her brother and sisters. She said, "I hope they come back!"
This year on the first day of school,
Elliot waving again and hoping they will come back.
This year she knows they will.
Next year, it will be a photo of me waving goodbye.
Well actually it won't, because there will be nobody here to take it.
Next year, it will be me with a box of tissue and a sedative.
I'll be home without a little for the first time in 15 years.
I'm verklempt just thinking about it.
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