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Emily Tso

The Girl with the Orange-Red Hair

Parted to the left side,
an orange-red string of hair is
tucked behind her ear.
The thin, wispy locks slip like
a waterfall that flows over smooth stones.

The pale skin is a moonlight radiance,
waiting to put the night sky to shame.
Her cheeks, a sunrise pink, flush.

The girl’s lips are taut, then shaking.
She runs her hand through her
orange-red hair, as the teacher calls on
someone else.

Tingling goosebumps seep through her skin.
She pulls her arms into her chest.
Her head jerks toward the glass window, as the
light, budding green leaves sway to the rhythm
of the slow winds, inhaling and exhaling.

I watch her eyes follow the
pattern on the tree bark.
Once the school bell rings, she
struts down her hallway,
latching her arm around mine.

[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2012 EDITION]