Stone Soup

Where young artists paint the world with words

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THE SALTY ORB

I am on patrol for orb

The gold and bold one will go to me

I search high and low on the go

Driving through I check the dew flowers

I rolled out far to find my dues

No gold balls

Seven days later I have full vision on

For I have found it

It feels salty

Analise Braddock
Analise Braddock, 9
Katonah, New York