UNTITLED matt mullican
learning to ride a bike
thinking about going
the full moon lights up the night
steady experiencing
sky learning about gravity in
puberty
school
scaring the dog by slamming the door
the light in the hallway
there were so many stars she couldn't count
catching her breath after running
them all looking out her bedroom window
home entering the sixth grade-
finding new friends in school
becoming older their pet dog
as the year progressed the days got
the door between her and her older sister's
shorter visiting her aunt's house
room having to go to the bathroom
getting a boyfriend and going
noticing that the tree in the backyard is changing
steady brushing her teeth
color f eeling the glare of the sun in her eyes
her dog dies
they got two inches of rain that
getting an electric
week playing handball at school
shock riding the bus to
the street light
school entering the
feeling proud of her
drama dub her
schoolwork looking at herself
boyfriend's little sister
in the mirror entering the
going to camp over the summer
seventh grade playing in the
the sound of the record player in the living
backyard
room the air felt thick that morning
the food cans in the kitchen
becoming sick - not going to
cabinet going to the school
school making out
dance
hearing her parents argue
doing her homework tasting that there's too much salt in the salad
looking at herself in a mirror receiving a letter from her parents having her wisdom teeth removed watching the light refract through the kitchen window eating lunch a pencil on her desk at work knowing she is going to have a baby thinking of her parents her baby is born moving to a larger house there is lots of green around the new house her husband's mouth stubbing her toe while running her son's baby shoes february twenty-sixth
of herself as a chilo