cross-country trip
mum says
you are going to tour the us before you arrive
it will be an experience
we want you to see where your father is from
before i can protest
my dad says harper this is the chance of a lifetime
i've never even seen all fifty states
you're even bypassing ca and seeing hawaii and alaska
yes it is the chance of a lifetime
but why can't they come too?
army brat
friend one says you get whatever you want
friend two calls me an army brat
friend three complains she'll be stuck here her whole life
i've only been to france, i protest, and i hated it
living here is much better
and my dad's in the foreign service, not the army
but the one good thing about a cross-country tour is
i might see a mockinbird
a real, live mockingbird
the kind i was named after
harper lee simmons
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