Apple Tree

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Izziey Woodward, a senior at Enosburg Falls High School,
finds inspiration in the writing of Lewis Carol. In this unsuspecting acrostic
poem, Woodward writes about a friend who is far away at the peak of summer.

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It was a
Warm
summer day. Not those days that
Are
unbearably hot, but
Simply a
lovely temperature. I had
Gotten a
frozen smoothie,
Orange flavoured.
I was
sitting against a tree trunk,
Not having
a care in the world. I heard a
Gong ring
in
The
distance, and
Of course
it made
Me think
of you.
Already I
missed you, and I
Knew you
would be back in two weeks, but
Even one
day without you was
Too long.
I
Hadn’t
written you any letters yet, and
I was
terribly
Sorry. I
wished I could
Say that
everything was fine, and that
All was
well, but that would have been a lie, and
You know
I could
never
Lie to
you.
Out of all
the days you could have been gone, that was the
Very
worst.
Even the
cats missed
You. Yes,
the weather
Outside
was perfect, and I seemed fine, but
Underneath
I was falling apart, just
Because
what was the
Use of a
beautiful day
That you
weren’t there
To
appreciate with me?
How could
I enjoy sitting under this
Apple
Tree
alone?
I heard
the
Swallows
Singing. I
climbed the tree and settled
On a
branch, sprawled
Up there
with the leaves and sap, at home in
Nature. I
liked it up there, completely hidden from the
Outside
world. I could pretend I was
Really
Harriet the Spy. Do you remember how
I used to
love that book so much?
Growing
up,
I carried
a
Notebook
with me everywhere so I could be just like her. I
Almost
wrote Secret Journal on the front, but that was so unoriginal. I wrote I
Love you
on it instead.

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