Teen Ink

   Charlestown

          I'm,
          I am
          sitting
at the wayside
by the fire night
in the boat
as it sways.
It sways to the ocean
says,
the cries of gulls,
so gullible, those gulls
and all the while
the smile, smile
of a cheshire cat.
imagine that,
a smile that stays
longer than a cat,
imagine that.

by Z. B., Arlington, MA