Friday, July 17, 2009

Talent
















When kids lined up to be picked for the teams
You were never the first one chosen
but you always got picked
because you had talent.

The team you played for usually won
and you knew it and so did they.

I don’t know what it was in your personality
that didn’t make you more popular
because people liked you well enough
once they got to know you.

Maybe it was because you knew
you were better than all of them
even though you never said it out loud

it permeated your skin
and entered your scowl
along your upper lip
and down your jaw line.

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