Hero: a poem

I bought this really long cardigan

and now when I wear it to work

I walk really fast down the hallway

and it flows behind me and

I pretend it’s a cape

and that I’m flying

and a superhero

saving the world.

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Yeah,

it’s like I’m four again.

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Only now people look at me

like I’m crazy

instead of cute.

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9–28–22

Tansy Julie Soaring Eagle Paschold