The Places We Sleep by Caroline Brooks DuBois

Author:Caroline Brooks DuBois [DuBois, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2020-08-25T00:00:00+00:00

83.

We’re having class outdoors.

I zip my jacket from the autumn chill.

Mr. Lydon has instructed us

to pick a “natural” object to draw.

So I wander around, begin sketching

a large rock that lies left of the soccer field,

a rock kids hang out on after school.

But I crumple my page, move on.

I come to Aunt Rose’s tree,

the one I tied a ribbon around in September,

and I sit at its base.

The branches are mostly empty now.

Like arms, they could hug me

if they could bend.

Dry leaves surround the tree—

like clothing fallen free.

I think of Dad’s camouflage

and its shades of color

meant to keep him hidden.

A few branches have broken and are hanging crooked,

from where kids must have swung from them.

It’s a lovely tree, really.

After sketching it,

I re-tie the faded ribbon

and think of Aunt Rose,

before leaving

to look for

Camille.

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