“my best friend who” [poem by aja smith ’24]
My best friend who runs faster than wind and asks who wants to play tag who is lake days and laughs who is a fern leaf and a handwritten letter whose mind is filled with stories is tying up her Nike shoes who tells me in morse code our names who tells me in secret her innermost fears whose dirty cowboy boots are on the porch can’t wait to play mermaids sleeps little at sleepovers who used to sing loudly and collect erasers is gone is a butterfly on a sunny day is a bright pink and red sunset doesn’t swing at playgrounds anymore is finding a good book who talks to me only in dreams is her monster cookie recipe and handmade gifts who still makes me laugh and cry, laugh and cry is the wind running fast through my hair asking who wants to play tag who wants to play tag who?
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fall 2023
