Friday, October 30, 2009

First Grade

I heard the crack
      and saw jagged edges
      poking the air.
A tear traced my little
     cheek and hung from
     my trembling chin.

I broke my pencil.

1 comments:

B said...

November 2, 2009 at 9:26 AM

One night, I asked a friend of mine to give me a topic for a poem. She either said something about breaking a pencil or third grade; I can't remember exactly. In any case I wrote this poem, originally entitled "Third Grade."

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