By Jenna Holland (poetic_angel@gurlmail.com)
Date: 23 March 2000
Eye Catching
Out of the corner of my eye
I saw your white shirt
And tan khaki's ending
with your gray VANS shoes
crossing one
in front of the other
Left to right to left
as you approached my locker
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as I reached u to put my books away
My eyes s t r a i n e d
watching your feet
disappear behind me
before my eyes
sHiFtEd
to the other side
...expecting...
your gray VANS to reappear
like the next slide to a
film strip,
but they didn't
You began to walk past
but the thought was
retracted as something
drew you back
My neck bare
and waist open
to your arms
and you accepted
the invitation with
a curious mind
Taking my breath
straight out through
my spine
Back to the Heart-on-Sleeve Corner