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Amos & the Borrowed Sky
Story-Poem

Amos & the Borrowed Sky

The first verse. A cape, a rooftop, and a sky tied on like a shape.

A small mouse in a borrowed cape climbs past the rafters and finds the sky waiting for him. The first poem in the Amos series — perfect for a quiet bedtime read.

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Amos & the Borrowed Sky

Up past the rafters, past the rusted weather-vane,

past the soft hush of the windowpane,

a small brown mouse in a borrowed cape

tied the wide blue sky on like a shape.

He stitched a cloud at the edge of his ear,

and whispered, “the world is mine to steer.”

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