Sunday, January 13, 2019

day SEVEN HUNDRED and TWENTY FOUR

The Mind

i

I waited my turn
on the playground,
he elbowed in front of me,
said, I’ll show you how it’s done—

I settled into
my schoolwork,
he shoved me aside,
said, I’ll be first—

I picked up my books,
he stepped in front of me,
said, You’re in the big leagues now
and you don’t have what it takes—

I knew from the beginning
that they looked at us
as though we didn’t have
a mind

ii
good thing I never
believed them

 - Rachel Toalson

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