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Free Write #1

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Draft 1
I have a frog
His name is shoe
Named after the place he is from
From his past
The shoe has no door
It's a bright yellow
Not faded or stained
Fruit trees grow outside
And a picture on the wall
Empty meat cans pile outside
The shoe is in my back yard
Sometimes shoe gets scared of the dragon
So he jumps in my hand
And I confort him
Then this poster drifts over
Offering an award
For a missing frog
Named Misery

Draft 2
I have a frog
His name is shoe
Named after where he comes
Named after his home, his present life
His shoe, where he sleeps in my backyard
It has no door
It is brigt colors, neither faded nor stained
Yellow, Green and Blue
Shoe grows fruit trees all around his home
And hangs pictures from the wall
New, pretty pictures of Mountains, Clouds and Dreams
Empty meat cans pile outside
Behind the heel in my backyard
Grass still grows out from under the soul of the shoe
Sometimes shoe gets scared of the dragon
He jumps in my hand
I confort him
One day, a poster drifts by
Carried by an Eastern wind
It offers a reward
For the return of a missing frog
Named Missery