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Kaylen's Note – poetry
Dale Angel
My Kindgdom – essay
Duties Answer – poetry
She – poetry
Adversities – poetry
Personal Journeys – poetry
Come Look for Me – poetry
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Damien Balderrama (authors profile)
Within – poetry
Keys to Unlock Our Greatness Within – essay
Blinded – poetry
Outside – poetry
Becoming – poetry
Awakening – poetry
D's Philosophy of P – essay
Linda Boyden (authors profile)
Sunshine Greetings – poetry
Where Are the Crazy Poets?
A Dylan Retrospective – poetry
"Senior, With Attitude" – short story
Allou Guthmiller (authors profile)
Rainbow – poetry
From "Healing Nuggets for Success and Support" – book excerpt
Martin Horn
Lonely Snowfall – poetry
Green to Blue – poetry
Angles – poetry
Sallyann Keith (authors profile)
For Those Who Try – poetry
I am Going Where I have to Go – poetry
In the Midst of Things – poetry
Goodbye – poetry
Denizens of the Savannah – poetry
Raw Savage Rock – poetry
Cave Creek Canyon – poetry
Snow Geese – poetry
Cloud Shadows – poetry
Desert God – poetry
The Santa Ritas – poetry
Raindrop – poetry
Claudia Mosby
Six Degrees of Separation – essay
Betty Paris
September Night – poetry
Black Shirted Musician,the Guitar Player at the County Fair - 2005 – poetry
The Drummer – poetry
Jennifer Phelps (authors profile)
20 Years Gone – poetry
Diana Sears
A Good Death – book excerpt
Ron Sutton (authors profile)
Water's Edge – poetry
Warrior – poetry
Anarchists R Us – essay
Hall Closet – poetry
Oasis – poetry
A Sword – poetry
Katie Watters
Coiled – poetry
Cliches – essay
"Little Bobby" – book excerpt
Larry Watters (authors profile)
Gusty – short story
Dark and Stormy Night, with Apologies to Snoopy – essay

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Kaylen's Note
By Tony Adams

It was a cool June morning
Long shadows were cast
Father’s Day is gone
Three days has since passed.

I am a repair lineman
A power company I work for
Dispatched to an outage
Twelve houses, maybe more.

When I arrived
At the outage location
I cleared the fault
With a single operation.

The fuse blown out
Of that I could see
A twenty-five ‘T’
Is what it should be.

A red helium balloon
On the line there too
I cleared it away
It’s what I must do.

“Thanks for coming out,”
I heard from a customer door
I closed in the fuse
It’s what I came for.

I called the dispatcher
And wanted to see
If I was clear
Or a new job for me.

The balloon had a ribbon
Where a note was tied
I took off the note
And set the balloon aside.

I read the note
It burned in my head
I’ll tell you now
What the little note said.

“Happy Father’s Day Daddy,
We hope you are having
A good time in heaven.”
Love, Kaylen.

I really was moved
By the words on the note
I had a knot in my stomach
And my heart in my throat.

I sat in my truck
Until my body settled down
So I tuned in the radio
For a more soothing sound.

What happened next
Is still with me today
My emotions rise
When I hear this song play.

“In The Arms of An Angel”
Is it a message for me?
I think the message
Is for everyone to see.

The note is so clear
It moves me the most
The song is a reminder
To keep the angels close.
 
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