Used to

used to wear oversized, mismatched shoes

used to put lipstick on perfectly

used to play house

used to jump on the trampoline

used to eat raisins

used to make huge, round periods at the ends of my sentences

used to read on the curb at recess

used to fake cough

used to sit and play in laundry baskets

used to eat vienna sausages

used to want to be the teacher's special helper

used to wear pins

used to want happy meals

used to be afraid to wear my glasses

Author's Notes/Comments: 

things I did when I was little

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Marianne Chrisos's picture

this is so familiar i could cry. i miss being so young. great poem.