Arsenic Lobster poetry journal        Issue Six   2004
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GRAMMER SCHOOL
Rob Cook

Today the children stayed outside and kept the night frightened in its mountain. Today the children took the adults from the television and replaced them with bonfires. Today the children caught their pencils trying to talk. Today the children fed math lilies to the wolves growing in the basement. Today the children sang and clapped until their hands were no longer happy and the wind returned. Today the children left their fathers in the closet with the other coats. Today the children drew houses where it stays winter and the mothers climb to their jobs in ice and moon country. Today the children had no facial features and their shoes stopped moving. Today the children went behind the blackboard and found children they did not resemble. Today the children gave the teacher back her shadow. Today the children nursed a balloon because it had a name also. Today the children left chocolate markers in the hallway, under the snow. Today the children matured into photocopies of water. Today the children played kickball and held each other on the Siberian playground, the sun a drop of blood their crayons made.

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