When it rains, buckets are placed next to
desks on the floor,
near the windows in the hallway,
and in the girls' restroom next to the door.
The person in front of me with
bruises growing on his heel
is an adult.
I remember how his tongue tasted of cough drops,
this man who is my homeroom teacher.
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He was the second.
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