Abandonment issues often start early in life. It can help to trace them back to the source for self-understanding and healing. This memory poem recalls a bullying incident that left a mark.
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In first grade,
three boys chased me
home from school.
I ran downhill, tripped over
the cracked sidewalk,
scraped my knee,
got up running,
the briefcase slapping —
a broken wing at my hip.
