Cling Free
I will
offer you
Wrinkle-free friendship.
Permanent-press;
No need for ironing or
other tiresome demands.
Ready to wear.
I will mold myself around you
and put all my effort
into hanging neatly
on your body;
curving where I should,
draping neatly where expected.The danger,
the caution is,
This makes me angry—at
you and at
myself.
I carry little
straight pins.
—Tina Burkholder, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, is Director of Foster Care
and Adoption at Bethanna. She enjoys
reading, gardening, music, and drama.
Tina and husband Jay are raising three
children.
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