No. 9

Summer 2005

Please don’t tell your mom
that I was the one who ruined her garden,
who smashed her spinach and peas.
I did not see the fences,
trying to catch a glimpse of you
through the rear window
before our geography class.

Copyright 2005, Adnan Adam Onart

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