collected by teacher
delivered to addressee
I got none
I tried to smile
ignore the void
but it hurt that
I got none
and that blonde Billy
said I was too fat to be
anyone’s valentine.
When I went home
Mom asked
what was new
I whispered, "nothing."
© Judy Shepps Battle
Judy Shepps Battle has been writing essays and poems long before retiring from being a psychotherapist and sociology professor. She is a New Jersey resident, addictions specialist, and freelance writer.
