My Ankle Hurts

My ankle hurts

because I stepped funny

at the very beginning

of my very own bat mitzvah party.

I might've twisted it

I don't really know

but I can't sit a certain way

otherwise the pain returns

poking

stabbing

sharp

like a knife that cuts

but also bruises?

I don't know.

My ankle just hurts

because I ran

and stepped funny

and made my ankle gave out on me

just like everything else did.

Calico Frost

VT

13 years old

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