I realized something the other day
As I rode down the street from Lucia’s house Power oozing into my legs As my feet shoved against my pedals Cats will be my doom And…yes, I know it sounds crazy My friend Isabelle already told me But I know it to be true I saw an amber cat yesterday As I stepped out of my building My backpack weighing on my shoulders Cluttered with sixth grade junk It perched on the wooden fence Just watching with beady brown eyes Waiting for me to slip, slide, and Stumble into its grasp Hold on...can cats even grasp? It doesn’t matter, for it waited all day When I returned, my feat heavy, My eyes sore, my mind drifting There was the amber cat, still on the fence Beady brown eyes watching For me, Leila Lavada, to meet her doom Trembling, I paused, eyes ducked Ready to submit to my fate But then...the cat left Hopped away Into the trees
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My foot couldn’t fit the glass shoe
The glass shoe couldn’t fit my foot So I sat there on the dust With wet speckles dotting my chin My broom, fallen on the floor As the chariot rolled away Henry has a dinosaur suit
Zz zz zz the zipper goes Tightening around his Golden tan skin And straight black hair Only dark brown eyes peep Henry is nine, But he knows Life can feel safer in A Dinosaur Suit Than outside Where snakes hide Between red lips And Birds fly away Leaving him Alone |
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