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Twenty four-year-olds
with simultaneous
nosebleeds and stomach-aches
One me
Unlocking their locked
bathroom doors
Turning off the sinks
they let overflow
Finding the pants
they forgot to put on
Herding them from
classroom
to playground then
back to class
All while patting
them on the head and smiling
Secretly, I wish I
could dropkick them
I want to punt them
over Rocky Hill
Perfect arcs of
children sailing over rooftops
I would line them up
one by one
like the general of a
very small army
And then watch them
fly away with a powerful kick
like human soccer
balls.
by Malia Schilling
12th grade, Punahou
School
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