Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Wednesday, September 9, 2009: The SartoriaLUST at Barneys

Social Studies

Equalizers of teenagedom—
Movie stars, class photos of friends and crushes,
Sneakers, scissors, textbooks warped
As pizza boxes.

A portable closet,
Shallow wardrobe.

The locker is the first taste of storage
Away from home in this wide world,
A metal door locked with a sequence of numbers.

Between classes, lockers serve
As lookout posts, mile markers.
Surveillance comes easy
To those passing by,
Another lesson somewhere between
Chemistry and social studies.

2 comments

  1. "Shallow wardrobe." That is fantastic!!

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