Sept. 11 (Bionicle)

school ends early,

parents are called.

1st grade, Mrs. Mueller

looks nervous.

I'm sent home

with parents,

given a toy

(the red and yellow

bionicle from

mcdonalds, it was)

the TV is small

and black and white;

they are both

staring with such intensity

(the 5th one I need,

only one more! my dad has

been buying happy meals

until he gets them all)

they sit down,

and turn the volume down.

something happened,

or the same thing happened again.

the sun is bright,

and the pine tree

outside our living room

spreads the sunlight.

but I feel scared,

and I don't know why.

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

A day that will go down in infamy, like President Kennedy's assassination. Nice to meet you, Ben! Good work!