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Friendship CD / Valentine's Day Gift 2003

Today, in gratitude for making it to Day 20, our (optional) prompt asks you to write a poem about a handmade or homemade gift that you have received. It could be a friendship bracelet made for you by a grade-school classmate, an itchy sweater from your Aunt Louisa, a plateful of cinnamon toast from your grandmother, a mix-tape from an old girlfriend. And whatever gift you choose, we wish you happy writing!

Twelve tracks
our friendship love
much better than a boy,
our music tastes through generations
last forever,

like friends
who jam all day
to grunge and rock
and heavy metal symphonies,
the CD

carefully
created with
stickers and drawings,
friendship quotes and nicknames,
still plays.