third grade

 you carve your name into the tree

you piss in the open field in the middle of the day 

you steal a pack of Sweet Tarts from right under the cashier's nose. 

you don't go to classes for a whole week. 

you think you have nothing to say 

but really, you have a well of mourning. 

it's been there since the moment 

Mrs. Drury slapped her hand down on your desk

when you were looking out the window

while everyone was reading. 

she said you had no shame. 

you eventually came to 

see

she was the one who had none. 

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