In elementary school

they’d hang up my work.

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Only cuz they had to

not cuz they wanted to.

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Sometimes they didn’t though

and I couldn’t blame them.

Scribbles and torn paper

can really mess up a bulletin board.

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But on Mrs. Parkman’s

there’s a splash of red

right in the middle

so everyone can see.

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It’s my poem

the Smoldering Red one

she really did like it

she really does think I’m a poet.

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Here’s the proof.