School Pictures

Uncategorized, Winter 2015

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by Dylan Dodd

                      ernest hemingway's high school yearbook photo, 1917 / encyclopaedia britannica imagequest

                      ernest hemingway’s high school yearbook photo, 1917 / encyclopaedia britannica imagequest

Your eyes, they show it.
The expression is synthetic.
Raised brow, awkward grin.
Your usual half-smile that
Only shines to the left is not
Proper. Hands folded, one
On the other, no
Bent fingers or spaces between,
Pressed stiffly on a block
With a less than clever “B,”
Made for infants (and picture day.)
You twist your head until
It strains your neck, chin up.
                                          chin up.
This is how people want
To see you, hair solid
With spray, wearing a shirt
That you will never wear again—
Molded clay in a metal chair.
Wait for the click. Relax.

Dylan Dodd studies English at Worcester State University and loves nature, the arts, and the way life works. More of his work my be found at www.dylantdodd.wordpress.com.