Remember the girl?
She’s in second grade,
Maybe
Blond brown curls
Blue green eyes.
She’s sitting on the top metal pole of the fence
Chipped green paint
Brown underneath
Kicking one leg forward
Then the other.
Red white stripes blue stars
Flutter at her knees.
Remember
That feeling of
I’m one of the big kids now
She was
In her mind
In her red white and blue dress
Sitting on the top pole of the fence.
And then
Then her best friend was there
Whispering
You know
Only people who like him
Wear that color
Now.
The girl didn’t know
She thought her red and white stripes
With blue stars
Meant freedom and happiness
She thought her country was wonderful
But now she knew.
Remember
When your heart was first broken
That was it
The girl bit her lip.
She told her grandma she was too hot
She hoped her grandma couldn’t tell
She was lying
She changed into shorts
And ran around with her best friend.
The flag dress was twisted
Heaped in the backseat of a red subaru.
She didn’t wear it again
But she remembers
When she could
I remember
When I could.
I hope someday to
Be glad to
Wear the flag again.
And the dress is still twisted
In a red white stripes blue stars heap
In a dark corner
Somewhere.
Remember that dress?
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