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SORE



               I ask Mom
               what MIA, Missing In Action, means.

               He’s lost, she says.
               He can’t find his way back,
               or they can’t find him.

               Her shoulders slump like mine when
               Chip McCloskey hurls insults
               at recess or at lunch.

               Can’t work
               can’t play
               can’t shake off words
               that feel like a stick poking
               an already sore spot.

               Am I
               MIA
               too?






















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