Senioritis

My last month or so
of high school
was the most enjoyable time
that I can remember.

I’d call us all in
sick. Pile in our cars
and head out to Sandy’s,
beers in hand

joints in lips. We burned
those days away.
Perched on the parking lot wall
our feet dug tunnels in the sand.

The day before graduation
we beat the sun out of bed. Shivering,
we bodysurfed as the sun peaked the horizon
and drank our final high school green bottles together.

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poem by Jared Ellis
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