Week Two Poetry

Thwarted On The Monkey Bars


All the blood rushed to my face
As I furiously and frantically
Attempted to drag my pants
Back up to my waist.

I was seething with more
Anger and embarrassment than
Any other Second Grader in the
HISTORY of SECOND GRADE.

Ramona Quimby would never have allowed
A boy to expose her semi-clean
Bow-printed panties
And allow them to get away with it.

Who would have imagined that
Gaining victory in a chicken fight
Upon the newly built Monkey Bars
Would lead to a horrible depansing?

Feeling the eyes of my peers upon my backside
Attempting to gander at the bows once more
I hurriedly made my way to the recess duty
To lament and to inquire of a fitting punishment
Against my offender.

But alas, the story too incredulous to believe,
I sulkily found my way to a group
Who's virgin eyes and ears had not yet
Been exposed to my extreme moment of vulnerability

And there we played Foursquare
And Hopscotch and Chinese Jumprope
Until the echo of the recess bell
Relieved me of my fear of further exposure.

The safety of the familiar classroom
Welcomed me in
While the one who had depansed
Took his regular seat beside me.

For that day, at that hour
The one who had wronged me
Publicly
Went unscathed and unpunished

My Senior Year: You Took Everyone to Disneyland but Me

I left your house at the start of my senior year and said I couldn't be happier to leave- but any kid is scared to leave the place they once had called home.I didn't wait around for you to call, but I still hoped that you would- I guess you figured you were giving me what I really wanted, and what you really wanted too. I made the State Basketball team that year, and while college recruiters and coaches and the rest of my family came to watch me, you went to Texas to meet Brad Paisley- I wonder if that choice in your life is still worth it. But the moment that defined our relationship, the very phone call that made me resent you until even now, was when I called to tell you that I was excited to be coming home for Christmas- and you paused, probably smiled, and told me that you'd be taking the family to Disneyland without me.