I saw a program on the telly once
it was about a little girl
my age, I think
or less
she had lost her mum
and right when she was about to find her
the power had shut off
and the telly went dark
I went to find my own mum
I wanted to tell her
about the girl on the telly
but her and daddy were having another row
so I left them alone
I sat in my room instead
with the candle mum had given me
"for emergencies" she said
it was the third time I used it this week
the house was cold
it got like that a lot
when the telly goes dark
and it gets colder when the door swings open
and bangs shut again on it's way closed
she's sitting in bed
my mum is
and she's crying
she says daddy left
like the power on the telly
we moved to an apartment yesterday
mum said it was an adventure
but I have to sleep in the same bed as her
I don't like it much
we sold the telly today
I guess I'll never know
what happened to that little girl
and her lost mum
Jan 21, 2013
Jan 21, 2013 at 9:42 PM UTC
I saw a program on the telly once
it was about a little girl
my age, I think
or less
she had lost her mum
and right when she was about to find her
the power had shut off
and the telly went dark
I went to find my own mum
I wanted to tell her
about the girl on the telly
but her and daddy were having another row
so I left them alone
I sat in my room instead
with the candle mum had given me
"for emergencies" she said
it was the third time I used it this week
the house was cold
it got like that a lot
when the telly goes dark
and it gets colder when the door swings open
and bangs shut again on it's way closed
she's sitting in bed
my mum is
and she's crying
she says daddy left
like the power on the telly
we moved to an apartment yesterday
mum said it was an adventure
but I have to sleep in the same bed as her
I don't like it much
we sold the telly today
I guess I'll never know
what happened to that little girl
and her lost mum
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