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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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