Ode To a Gym Teacher
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This was published in my high school literary magazine “The Symposium” in my freshman year at West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA.
Ode To A Gym Teacher
Amid brassiere and derrière
She strives to put her clothes on.
Her panties there, stockings here
The rest of it, she throws on.
At the mirror, shining bright
She struggles with her powder.
She holds her place with main and might
As others try to crowd her.
How can she dress so nimbly
In but five minutes of an hour?
The question’s answered simply:
She did not take a shower.
Barbara Dickenson
August 1966
Copyright © Barbara Dickenson | Year Posted 2018
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