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Nesting

By Moira Armstrong

 

Almost 20,

Baking pasta into

Zucchini

Gracefully

Moves through the kitchen, a bird

Of glasses and spoons

 

Newly 16,

Helping her wash the

Silverware

Carefully

Stands at the sink, a cricket

Of dreams and questions

 

I have these

Thoughts-unfathomable

In this kitchen

(It’ll be okay)

You’ve seen the world and I-well

I’ve seen Hamilton

You’ve never

Minded naivete

Wondering

Anything

I wear like blazers. I have

Always been your child.

 

Moira Armstrong is a junior at Howland High School, where she enjoys stressing over honors classes and extracurriculars. Her favorite is the speech and debate team, where she competes in original oratory and serves as president. In her very limited free time, she likes to volunteer, color, and, of course, write. Her work has also been published in the Power of the Pen Book of Winners and Creative Communications Poetry Collection.

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Winter Poems 2017

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