I am From...

By Jaclyn Parris

 

N.d. Photograph. Providence, Rhode Island. Washington Monthly. 8 Dec. 2009. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/rhode_island_community_college.php.
 

I am from my sister's blanket

And wanting my fire

Picking up a tennis racket

And having arrogant desires

 

I am from piano lessons

And playing wrong nots

To learning the violin

 

And the horrid screeeech, ehrwg

 

I am from lunch bunch

And speech class

To lunch breaks

And a bus pass

 

I am from repetitive games of house

And thousands of skits

To ceaceless shouts

And a little too much wit

 

I am from Vanillabean and Hilltop

Sticky fingers and a chocolate coated face

To a shiny silver spoon

And a pristine clean plate

 

I am from awaited superbowls

And chicken wings

To tofu things

And strange fussball goals

 

I am from mini ski hills

And winter chills

To terrifying terrains

And pouring rain

 

I am from sudden chances

And unfortunate circumstances

To yearning sighs

And seemingly endless goodbyes