And the Winner Is
Six-thirty on a frosty May morning, after
nearly 22 hours of teams walking the track
at Relay for Life. The much-too-cheery
announcer, our local news anchor Jim,
plunges us sleepyheads into a river
of words, forces us out of cozy sleeping
bags and from our temporary shelters
with the promise of breakfast
and the guarantee of fun and prizes.
The Bed Head Contest is about to begin.
Swathed in blankets and quilts,
contestants pour forth, some young,
some adults. All wear pride on their faces.
There’s something about a Good Cause
that makes ordinary people rise, sends
them off uncaring about the disarray
they’d never display any other time.
Co-founder of Creative Roots Foundation, Joan Raymond, kindly inspired today’s poetry with her brave photo.
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