schoolyard
somedaysam
crriiiiitch
crriiiiitch
the
playground
swing's
chains
protest
under
her
weight
short
brown
hair
and
barefoot
chubby
in
the
corner
of
the
schoolyard
older
kids
former
students
?
stand
in
a
group
laughing
and
playing
around
one
girl
stands
apart
arms
crossed
defensive
stance
little
kids
giggling
,
screaming
throw
pebbles
on
the
slide
and
at
each
other
across
the
street
in
garish
orange
neon
Tally
Ho
Pub
Tally
Ho
...Pub?
in
the
middle
of
a
redneck
neighborhood
i
wonder
at
this
as
dusk
gathers
at
the
edges
and
the
first
evening
stars
reveal
themselves
to
me
*
note
-no
offense
to
chubby
people
,
i
am
simply
describing
the
girl
.
and
no
offense
to
rednecks
,
either
,
i
suppose
020531
...
sameolme
.
080527
what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from