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I didn’t know
I missed
the spikiness
of the
turf

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I didn’t know
I missed
gazing at the
tops of the pine trees

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I didn’t know I missed climbing the big tree where millions of ants crawl.

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I didn’t know I missed the hard plastic chairs with the wooden desk

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I thought I didn’t like when the class next door played songs, but now I realize that I bounce to the beat and tap my foot like a dj bunny.

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I didn’t know I missed opening up my lunchbox not knowing what is in it

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I had no idea I even like sharpening my pencil

the fact that I need to sharpen it

gives me an odd sense of joy

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I didn’t know I missed seeing lunchboxes.

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I didn’t know I loved falling into the wood chips

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I didn’t know I loved line order
or the sound of shoes on the turf

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I didn’t know I loved the big Italian pine tree until it was gone.

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I didn’t know I loved the feel of the pencil writing on paper.

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I never knew I missed the strict schedule with particular times

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I didn’t know I missed sharpening pencils until they are little stubs.

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I didn’t know I missed my lunchbox.

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I didn’t know I loved the squeaking and squealing of sneakers on the hard floor

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I didn’t know I loved the cafetorium, with the twisting twirling voices, screams, shouts, whispers, all swirled into a hurricane of noise

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I didn’t know I loved to watch the watercolors blend together, dripping off the page.

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I never knew i liked biking to school

early in the morning when the sky

is still white and i’m bundled up in

1000 jackets

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I didn’t know I liked the classroom’s

telephone ringing

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I didn’t know that I loved the sound

of the pencil sharpener buzzing and

grinding like a bulldozer

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I never knew I loved the drive to school

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I didn’t know I missed

the callouses on my hands

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I didn’t know I liked

the hot yet cooling

sun setting on my back

as i played in the

fragrant woods

twisting and turning

on the blue poles

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I never knew that I liked

read-aloud    The story just drags me into

another dimension

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I didn’t know I missed walking down an

empty hall in the middle of the day

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I didn’t know I loved hearing
Coach Don’s whistle
saying “recess is over!”
like he’s yelling

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Who knew that one would miss the loud bus

with kids jumping from seat to seat

screaming      I miss it because when

something like that is like that

one can think without silence

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I didn’t know I loved corridors,
long straight and normal as ever,
with doors littered evenly along the sides,
I find them impressive and though they are normal,
I didn’t know I loved corridors