I found this poem….I just thought I would share it.
Still life
I
watch the children line up like ducks
all in a row, except one.
Noisily they ramble past concrete walls
follow-the-leader style
behind a blond-haired woman
in a light yellow dress
who quietly talks to them through her motions.
Today is picture day in the school
with a jolly old man who says: "Cheese"
tossing tidbit compliments before boys and girls
as they fix their smiles at him.
In just a flash roles are caught,
a moment recorded, and lines form again.
Straight and precise the children walk
all except one, who in dimly-lit halls,
rapidly steps in a zigzag manner
defying a rule and defining himself.
Gladding, S. T. (1975). Still life. North Carolina Personnel & Guidance Journal, 4, 28. Copyright Prentice Hall.
all in a row, except one.
Noisily they ramble past concrete walls
follow-the-leader style
behind a blond-haired woman
in a light yellow dress
who quietly talks to them through her motions.
Today is picture day in the school
with a jolly old man who says: "Cheese"
tossing tidbit compliments before boys and girls
as they fix their smiles at him.
In just a flash roles are caught,
a moment recorded, and lines form again.
Straight and precise the children walk
all except one, who in dimly-lit halls,
rapidly steps in a zigzag manner
defying a rule and defining himself.
Gladding, S. T. (1975). Still life. North Carolina Personnel & Guidance Journal, 4, 28. Copyright Prentice Hall.
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