you are
about as real as a prom-night Promise
but not nearly as pretty as the corsage
blushing with the appropriate shame
until I can’t see your freckles
like the shaking girl
hiding under a sea of
Sheet-Like Expectations
about as real as a prom-night Promise
but not nearly as pretty as the corsage
blushing with the appropriate shame
until I can’t see your freckles
like the shaking girl
hiding under a sea of
Sheet-Like Expectations
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.

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