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Kindergarten

March 7, 2012
By wanghui138138 BRONZE, Providence, Rhode Island
wanghui138138 BRONZE, Providence, Rhode Island
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Favorite Quote:
"Don't fear anything other than giving up."


I expected
Kindergarten face,
Glazed like doll’s eyes, uneven
Buzz-cut
Saliva oozing from
The mouth.
Yesterday when he was
Smiling with teeth no longer
Caked with congealed mixtures
Of graham crackers and apple juice,
I just stared at my freshly-tanned fingers
And tried very hard
To exhale
But
The electricity –
So this is what change
Feels like,
When he sits on the park bench
Talks into the July air
With a jar of memories in his jacket
And brushes back
With long piano hands
Sylvan ebony curls,
Exhibiting adolescent jawline –
His syllables roll like dusty marbles
Constricting my throat, and
With what remaining breath I could snatch from his
vacuum
I say














Hello

And wonder.


The author's comments:
This poem reflects on when you meet someone from your childhood days and realize that he has changed as much as you have, even if you pictured him to be the same person that you last said goodbye to.

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