FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: SCHOOL SHOES Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the words school and/or shoe, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on August 16th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: School Shoes will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, August 17th between 3 and 5 pm PST.

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Joe Grieco

THE NEW KID

 

The Interviewer,

speaking in confessional tones,

asked Who do I miss?

and What I miss about them?

 

I miss,

with his heart pulled down around his ankles,

the new kid

the kid they pantsed at recess

 

It wasn’t allowed: no tennis shoes

No tennis shoes at St. Anselm’s School

You had to wear hard soles

Hard souls

You had to wear hard sole shoes

 

I miss him holding back tears

I miss his thick skin

 

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