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[pennycandybooks-blog]

We’ve published 7 books so far at Penny Candy Books. Our 7th, The Day We Lost Pet by @sad4dads and illustrated by @anielasobieski, was published on Dec 5, 2017. As you can see from these pics (a newborn reacting to the illustrations; the work of a kid who’s been copying out the story longhand; and a beautiful balloon sculpture of one of the protagonists by Aftan Puente of Twisted Creations Balloons in Victoria, TX), folks are really responding to this moving book about a balloon family mourning the loss of a pet. It’s devastating when a beloved pet dies; this book offers kids and their adults a way to see beyond grief. #retrospective #thedaywelostpet #chuckyoung #anielasobieski #kidsbooks #lifeanddeath #balloons #pennycandybooks #smallpressbigconversations

[viperslang]

you are a holiday routine

i dreamt shirt collars and close hands i woke up in the bark of a dog i soaked in a bath of fog and breath i scrubbed myself with roasted marshmallow i dressed up as halloween for you i ate goosebumps sunny side up i drove church bells on highways i paid gingerbread tolls i walked onto an elevator filled with balloons i stared into a dryer sheet i tapped my fingers on a glacier i drank barbecue coal i sat at you with my family and said grace i watched a candle burn inside a jello mold i rubbed my motel hands i kissed at midnight mass on the eve of you i knocked up a magnolia tree i smoked pool filters i fell asleep inside a cat’s purr i dreamt shirt collars and close hands i woke up in the bark of a dog i soaked in a bath of fog and breath i scrubbed myself with roasted marshmallow i dressed up as halloween for you i ate goosebumps sunny side up i drove church bells on highways i paid gingerbread tolls i walked onto an elevator filled with balloons i stared into a dryer sheet i tapped my fingers on a glacier i drank barbecue coal i sat at you with my family and said grace i watched a candle burn inside a jello mold i rubbed my motel hands i kissed at midnight mass on the eve of you i knocked up a magnolia tree i smoked pool filters i fell asleep inside a cat’s purr i dreamt shirt collars and close hands

- Chuck Young (Originally Published in Hobart)

Note : I can’t stop loving this poem.