Thursday, July 14, 2022

Kleenex Goes in the Top, Right-Hand Drawer - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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Kleenex Goes in the Top, Right-Hand Drawer

 

They don’t talk about Kleenex in teacher-prep

But it is an essential for adolescent tears

The hissings of mean girls, heartbreak, mis-matched socks

The deaths of schoolmates

 

Kleenex goes in the top, right-hand drawer

Immediately to hand when the world goes wrong

Rejections, failing a test, no date from the prom

The deaths of schoolmates

 

Kleenex goes in the top, right-hand drawer

Sometimes it’s all you have

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