What Goes Up by Christine Heppermann

Author:Christine Heppermann
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-06-08T00:00:00+00:00

The Female Responds

By the barn, the male spread

his sweatshirt over the wet grass

for the female to sit on.

(The female was impressed.)

I can just see you as a nerdy

little kid, Ian said, plopping down

next to me. I bet you were adorable.

Ha. I casually scooted closer.

Six-year-old me would be kicking you

in the nuts right now.

He laughed. Adorable and fierce.

My favorite combination.

First-Grade Science Fair

All weekend I worked hard,

cramming my poster board

with charts and facts and illustrations.

The scissors left a purple dent.

My fingers bled Elmer’s glue.

Principal Wolbert taped the blue ribbon

to Julia Crespo’s dumb volcano.

Later he came over and shook

my hand. Nice job, young lady.

Over my head, he smiled at Dad

and winked, and Dad smiled back

and let him have it!

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