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POEMS
Created: 10th May, 2016

Eyes

THEMES

Family Feelings

TYPE

Poem

Tippi can't stand clowns.
Dragon is terrified of cockroaches
and Mom of mice.
Dad pretends to be fearless,
though I've seen him flinch when the mail arrives
seen him hide
hospital bills and parking tickets under
stacks under junk mail and old newspapers
in the hall.

Me?
It's eyes I despise
Eyes,
eyes,
eyes,
everywhere,
and the probability that I'm
another person's nightmare.

So when Yasmeen opens the door to our homeroom
and every head
turns
slowly,

I grab Tippi's right wrist
like I always do when
I'm afraid.

'Welcome! Welcome to Hornbeacon!' the teacher
says,
doing everything she can to sound natural.

Yasmeen groans, leads us to some seats at the back.
And the whole way there we are
followed by a field of open mouths,
thirty pairs of bugging-out eyes,
and one hundred percent pureĀ 
panic.

VIDEOS

Sarah Crossan - Eyes

Video

CLiPPA TEACHING SEQUENCES