Graduation

They read my name 

out loud on a pedestal 

slow steps to the podium 

I bow  

shake hands 

receive a simple piece of paper 

that can’t possibly hold 

memories from these four years 

turn to face the camera 

that captures me 

holds me 

in a photo 

framing my 

graduation. 

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VT

14 years old

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