Boys who crowd the line for a slide,
Dodgeball with no place to hide,
Show-off eating caterpillars,
Bully pulling puppy ears
Girls with jump ropes they won't share,
Classmate laying my secrets bare,
Cliques that coyly keep apart,
Turncoat friend who breaks your heart
first published in AllPoetry.com
©2014 Bonnie Manion