Love Poem: Buy Me Blind
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Written by: Shahana Jackson

Buy Me Blind

When you and him would argue you tried to buy me blind. You'd take me and my brother 
out to the movies and the arcade. Buy me a new video game or new doll just so I could forget 
the yelling and the shouting. I have to admit when I was young it was fun... you spent more 
money those days than you would spend if everything was fine. I had so much fun those nights 
too it was a lot of quality time that was really overdue. I don't know what made you do it. You 
worked most of the time so I didn't get to see you... but whenever the arguements began we 
were like best friends. It was a secret code between you and me... after a new toy you would 
give me a look... a look that always meant where not going to mention this again. I understood I 
wasn't dumb. I just wish sometimes she would've confided in me her problems instead of trying 
to buy me blind. Cause truthfully I didn't forget. After I had played with the toy and had a good 
nights sleep I would wake up a little less innocent than the day before. A little less forgiving.