P.S. 183 Let Out Early

Léonie Amestoy, New York, 1941

“Tiny! Tiny!
I can smell your heinie!”

They mobbed her,
bobbing about—

three boys, one girl,
just her size

eyeing her
to see the fear

suffuse and
confuse her.

“Touch me
and you will never . . .
. . . . . . .
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