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Sandcastles

from FACT AND FICTION by Mike Birch

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Sandcastles

Up with the sun
Never real fun
Show the kids love every day
Wipe a nose
Watch the bus go
Help her husband on his way

Shower and dress
Kitchen’s a mess
It’ll have to wait until later
Workday calls
Mothers shift at the mall
Another day of meaningless labor

Late at night, when things go quiet
She closes her eyes, and smiles

She’s building sandcastles in her dreams
Waves won’t wash them away
A place where she can be a queen
Until the break of day … takes it away

Make dinner and clean
Husband watches TV
Help the kids do homework
When did life change
Sun turned to rain
Is this all she really deserves?

But late at night, when things go quiet
She closes her eyes, and smiles

She’s building sandcastles in her dreams
Waves won’t wash them away
A place where she can be a queen
Until the break of day … takes it away

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from FACT AND FICTION, released December 10, 2016

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Mike Birch Methuen, Massachusetts

For Mike, it all started on a Sunday night in 1964 ... February 9 ... the Beatles took the stage on the Ed Sullivan show and while the girls in the audience screamed, his parents and grandparents exclaimed about the "long hairs", a 7-year-old boy thought, 'I'm going to learn to play the guitar one day!' ... more

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