Do You Remember? by Eleanor Scott (15, Minnesota)

Do you remember when you sat beneath
The great pine in the yard with your sister?
You told her that trees are like great lungs,
The way they branch out and peel into the sky.

The week after, she stood with your mother
At the corner when a car turned over and
Spat glass at them.

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Do you remember knowing what it is 
To love someone? 
You grab their hand first and then 
You run over the ice,
And there is the gap between ego and authenticity:
You take their hand without thinking

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