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<\/a><\/p>\n12
\nthe last year of childhood
\nshould be met with
\nwonder
\npromise
\nadventure<\/p>\n
yours was met with police officers
\nwho thought you looked
\ntwenty-one
\nand a toy that looked
\ntoo real to wait more than
\nthree seconds<\/p>\n
it snowed here today
\nmy boy turned
\ntwelve
\nit snowed on your last day of
\ntwelve too<\/p>\n
he is a lot like you
\nsweet face
\nbig sister
\nbrown skin
\nloving mama<\/p>\n
twelve.
\nthe last year of childhood
\n12<\/p>\n
for Tamir Eric Rice<\/p>\n
by Micky ScottBey Jones<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
12 the last year of childhood should be met with wonder promise adventure yours was met with police officers who thought you looked twenty-one and a toy that looked too real to wait more than three seconds it snowed here today my boy turned twelve it snowed on your last day of twelve too he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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