Wall Flower
Silence Speaks.
In such company we ponder at
Her rhythm.
Grasping her frosty hand
Of friendship
We, the glass of humanity, shatter
Struck by the pebbles of her verbatim
Ogled eyes muffle in bored nothingness,
And I grin in the face
Of true sociability.
(Karyl Kayser, May 10, 1999, Sbrocco’s class, JHS)