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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
“Are You Okay” by Craig Beaven
Craig Beaven
ARE YOU OKAY?
1.
It was always a teacher asking,
or a close friend, never
a girl on her knees, never
a stranger.
The light shining on her breasts
makes them gleam like polished metal.
Really it was always high school,
teachers who stopped me in the hall
between bells, to mutter something inaudible
nervously, before the hand on my shoulder,
the question.
Maybe they cared, or [...]
