I found you
In the city where luck fakes abundance
where drinks are spilled,
And love prevails.
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In a bin you sat amid others,
Of blues and yellows and greens.
Half my size with a purple horn and glittery feet,
I pulled you free of your plastic prison.
.
I begged and cried
And asked and whined.
Dad said I didn’t need another toy,
But mom only smiled.
.
“Name him Cesar,”
She said as she paid the clerk.
The building around us glittered in gold,
With a Gondola ride in the center.
.
Though Cesar’s palace we rode,
Gliding through the water below us.
I held you tight to my chest,
And imagined our future together.
.
Wandering through the next decade
We’d go through many escapades
Of magical castles
And evil wizards.
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I’d take you everywhere,
To Canada, and Europe.
To Costa Rica,
And we’d ride through the deserts of Arizona.
.
One day our innocence and imagination,
Would get us into an unfortunate problem.
From years of playing,
You’d be pushed too far.
.
As you’d start to fray,
I’d scream and cry.
I’d do what I could,
And stitch you up.
.
With a new scar on your side,
It would be a constant reminder.
You are mine.
I am yours.
.
You’re my Cesar,
Forever in my heart.
