Stone Soup

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Metaphor – Sep 12, 2020

Metaphor Poem His beard was like tangled wires, His eyes were dark, similar to the night sky, His hair was shaped like a hair dryer, Why is he dressed up like this to a Prom, I thought? But, it turned out, he was dancing with my mom!