Lawrence Hall
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                                  A Raggedy Old Friend

The day at work was rotten and the news was bad
The someone you hoped would ‘phone was silent
And your call reached only a plastic voice
Which seemed to disapprove of you anyway

But when you step out of the shower
An old friend waits for you – that ragged old robe
That everyone says you need to throw away
As if a cottony hug could ever be disposable

Your bathrobe hugs you like the friend it is
And tells you that everything will be okay