Chocolate brown corduroy jumper
Over pale blue button down shirt
Stiff collar
New knee socks that don't yet need pulling up
Squeaky suede shoes
Blisters and pride
Scribbler unmarked
But for my name on the cover line
Now in cursive
Ready for grade four
I stand in the driveway
Next to my big sisters
Smiling for the camera
Brisk anticipation
Anxious beginnings
September crisp.
Conni
September 6, 2017
