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Phoebe
Poems
Aug 2017
Childhood in a time warp
Sometimes I get thrown a little off balance
When I look over expecting to see
Boys I grew up with
Boys
Messy and sticky and smiling
Boys
But now they have five o'clock shadows and broad shoulders and car keys
Dangling from their fingers
Instead of Captain America action figures
And
Slicked back hair like mini movie stars
Instead of wild cow licks
I get thrown off balance when I look over and see
Childhood in a time warp
Proportional bodies,
Thinner faces
But
With smiles still reckless
Except this time
It's not the innocent kind.
Written by
Phoebe
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