Pou Sto

TITLE: Pou Sto

AUTHOR: May Lin

ARTIST: Nika Klee

Befriended by wisdom, teeth were pulled out 

of a dame so average she sowed seeds of 

pride in her mind to compensate for the loss. Waned by the sight

of daisies,

for they too, pinched out 

of their marsh-bellied beds, were nothing short of 

common. Nonetheless, in her mind, 

it mustn't hurt so much to be like a daisy. 

Reminiscent of flower crowns and weeded bracelets, 

girlish bouquets for the boys they loved.

Clustered about the mean, for they too,

like her, had found a place to stand.