POETRY

Ars Poetica

By JESSIE CARTY
The girl to my right keeps pushing
up the sleeves of her sweatshirt
and then pulling them back down.
We are 30 minutes into the mandatory
writing test. Topic: Describe a Place.
I trace the shapes others had carved
into the wooden top of my desk. Here’s
an O. A C. An S. C.S. Initials.
Title: My Best Friend’s House.
Christie’s house… »