Dark is night, night is just right
As I set my broom aside
with a thought so candle bright
My glowing eyes I can’t hide.
Close your eyes and think of your first school picture.
Do you remember how proud you were, sitting on that hard little stool, a dark blue or bland beige background behind you, everyone’s eyes on you as the photographer beseeches: SMILE!
When you view the photo weeks later, your parents oohing and ahhing, you wonder: is that what I look like?
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