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Graduate

Graduate

her in her

red footie pajamas

stomping around

Thing 1 and Thing 2

her with the hose

watering everything but the flowers

her in the shower watching the water

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her with her laughter

her with her tears

her with her arms

and she’s holding me

too tight

not tight enough

and we’re crunching Doritos

sipping ginger ale

pretending we can fly

and she’s wild

and wonderful

and way too smart

to be hanging out with me

this little girl next door

who stayed in the country

waving me down

begging me not to move to town

and I thought about this

as she sat there

tables away

brink of 18

‘bout to walk

out into the world

and I’m waving her down

but she’s already gone

and grown up

her in her heels

cap and gown

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery