Featured Poet: Jessie Carty       
Amphibian

Her curls poke out
from a black
with white lettered cap
that starts to sag
as sweat slinks down
her tan and freckled cheeks
collecting on the neckline
of her T-shirt

With her feet bare to the asphalt
she treks to the community pool
feeling the diving board
and the ga gooooon ga gooooon
rhythm as someone dives

Beside the pool girls lay out
in their small bathing suits
suits picked to allow
the sun to spread
the most color

These girls do not dive or swim
They dip in the shallow end
before applying
more coconut lotion

She walks by the girls
on their backs
and she tosses her T-shirt
before she jumps into the pool
splashing up water
with her strong feet

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