Toy Story
What was your favorite plaything as a child? Do you see any connection between your life now, and your favorite childhood toy?
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Because I’m terrified of dogs
My mother used her head:
She got me a stuffed dog, so I
Could overcome my dread
I called him “Ruff” and he was fierce
No enemies came near;
I knew that just one look at him
They’d all run off, in fear
It’s strange: the thing I feared, I loved –
Both feelings there supplied:
Somehow, I slept more soundly
With a monster by my side
I lost him one day on a trip
My safety fell apart:
I had a taste of what grief is,
A child’s broken heart
I’m still afraid of dogs, it’s true;
And know, as child and dad
The tears that come when we lose friends
We’ve loved
With all
We had
To share is human:
