Social Studies
Equalizers of teenagedom—
Movie stars, class photos of friends and crushes,
Sneakers, scissors, textbooks warped
As pizza boxes.
A portable closet,
Shallow wardrobe.
The locker is the first taste of storage
Away from home in this wide world,
A metal door locked with a sequence of numbers.
Between classes, lockers serve
As lookout posts, mile markers.
Surveillance comes easy
To those passing by,
Another lesson somewhere between
Chemistry and social studies.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
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