from the island of lost toys
she was from a
STABLE background
& was
SO
competent
AND
FUN to be around
& one day she looked at me
& SAID
I'm a TOKEN
HERE
& I didn't understand what she was talking about
BUT
I was prepared to be
HURT
because
TOKEN
I asked her to
EXPLAIN what she was talking about
I'm LIKE your token
NORMAL person, she said
I thought about it
YES
that's how AWESOME she was
she didn't NEED to be
BROKEN
she worked for me for a while
she was going to UH
& she and her man
who I can't remember if they were married yet
I SORT of THINK they were
decided they wanted to
get pregnant
BEFORE
graduation (so baby would come right after)
I don't remember WHY, and that's probably because I didn't know WHY
BUT
I was sworn to
SECRECY
against telling her
MOTHER
which was like a
GIFT for me
whether she KNEW THAT I'm not sure
I'm naturally KINDA
ANTI people's
MOTHERS
I tried really hard to get her
NOT to lift heavy things
& take it
EASY
but she kept saying that she wasn't an invalid
& he OBGYN wanted her to
GAIN more weight
BUT
she was LIKE
I was ALREADY slightly
OVERWEIGHT
I don't need to gain MORE
she gained LIKE
fifteen pounds
& was SUPER healthy
SHE continually impressed the hell out of ME
when she was ready to LEAVE
SHORTLY after graduation
she wrote me a note
I LOVE you
BUT
it's TIME for me to MOVE on with my LIFE
