Pookie Aleera is Not My Boyfriend by Steven Herrick

Author:Steven Herrick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUV057000, JNF042000
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Published: 2012-08-13T04:00:00+00:00

LAURA

You’d think everyone would know about it,

but each day it’s the same.

All of Class 6A walk past the bushes,

talking and laughing on the way back from lunch.

I always wait to be last in line,

so I can rub my hands, just lightly,

along the top of the lavender,

purple thick with flowers.

Mr Korsky told me about it one morning

when Mum dropped me at school too early

and there was nobody else there.

He even let me trim some of the plants

with his clippers.

I think he still has a bad back

after saving Jacob’s life.

He says he rubs his hands on the plants

first thing every morning

and before he goes home at night.

He says whenever he’s upset,

or worried,

he just lifts his hands close to his nose

and lets the perfect aroma

take his troubles away.

I spend all afternoon in class

my chin in my hands

enjoying the smell

not worrying about a thing.

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