As I reached into
My pencil case
To make a note in
The margins of a book [ which I never used to do]
I felt a rotten plank
Drop out of my heart
And a new board
Slot right in.
Your name was
Written on it
In blue ink.
Ryan J. Skarphol is a queer poet from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is currently attending the University of Minnesota, Duluth for English and Journalism.