Girls In the 4th Grade

Girls in the 4th Grade
David J Walker

I remember being 
Distracted in my 4th-grade class
By her perfectness 
But then, 
who really notices girls
In the 4th grade when 
we were
Choosing up sides for a Kickball game
During recess 
		But
She was wearing a robin egg blue dress
And an embroidered white blouse 
Anklet white socks turned down 
Around her black & white
Saddle shoes 
Her blonde hair was curled out 
On the ends like those ads for perfect
Hair in ladies magazines

		And
I wasn’t really showing off by kicking
The big red rubber ball all the way back
To the school wall at the end of the
Softball field
As I rounded the bases to home plate and
Too late looked up
		She had already gone in

		But then
Who really cares about Girls 
		In the 4th grade
Anyway

4th graderhyme

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