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This is another assignment I wrote for my high school literature class. It’s an Ekphrasis Poem that describes a photo of me and my childhood best friend playing in the kiddy pool in our backyard. I hope y’all enjoy this poem :)

Bar bellies on a manicured lawn

Whispy hairs slicked with SPF

and hose water to save the 

fragile and innocent skin

They stand as a pair to fight 

the moms that hide behind 

the ever-present Canon

and prepare to battle the sleepy sun

Sun-kissed and freckle scattered kids

grow in the green oasis 

surrounded by the wood picket fence

Too soon the wood is replaced by 

chain-link and the real world seeps

between the gaps

The kiddy pool is now 

a bird fountain and an aging Fisher Price

kitchen set is a flower bed

Wispy hairs grow out and suffocate

from hair gel and heat irons

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