Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes

Author:Nikki Grimes [Grimes, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781629792620
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Published: 2014-10-07T07:00:00+00:00

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Mr. Spicer asks me

to stay after class.

I wait by his desk,

still as stone,

wondering what wrong thing

I’ve done now.

“Gabriella,” he says,

“what happened to my dreamer?

I haven’t seen her in days.”

I shrug.

“She—I—gave up daydreaming

like everybody told me to.

Can I go now?”

Mr. Spicer sighs

and waves me away.

Good. I’ve got

nothing else to say.

Persistent

Teacher keeps an eye on me

all week.

I give him no reason

to call me aside,

but he does.

“Talk to me, Gabby,” he says.

“Tell me what’s wrong.

I can see you’re not happy.”

I’d argue but my sigh

gives me away.

“I miss daydreaming.”

“Then daydream!” says Mr. Spicer,

confusing me.

“But you’re always telling me

to stop daydreaming!

You and my mom.”

Teacher taps his top lip

like a door the right words

are hiding behind.

“Dreams are great things, Gabby,”

he finally says.

“The best thinkers,

writers, inventors in the world

allow their thoughts

to carry them away,

now and then.

Take the Wright brothers.

We wouldn’t have airplanes

if they hadn’t dreamed of them, first.

Still, sometimes you have to

slide your daydreams

in a drawer

and let them wait until later,

like after I’m done

teaching a lesson

you need to learn.

Got it?”

I nod, wondering if

the Wright brothers

knew anything about

bringing daydreams in

for a landing.

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