the beast that is foster care

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if foster care were an animal, what would it be…

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a chameleon, so difficult to see,

changing colors, to deceive you and me?

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OR

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the queen whose hive is up in the tree…

in charge of what happens to the bee family?

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OR

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a giant tortoise, up from the sea …

it takes them forever, they move so slowly?

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OR

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a hyena, in the desert laughing wildly…

its jaws so powerful, they’ll rip you apart quickly?

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OR

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a giant panda, gentle and cuddly …

it cares for its young, so tenderly?

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OR

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a 17-year cicada, eating  in a tree …

these insects come around so rarely?

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OR

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a great white shark, in the ocean so free…

beware, it’s a creature extremely deadly?

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so many years spent by me…

living in the animal kingdom, so dangerously.

kids dont belong with monkeys in trees,

kids like me, belong in FOREVER families…