November 28: Childhood

Courtesy

Red Banded Bumble Bee

her best party dress
braided hair and dancing shoes—
cute as the bee's knees

their parents take the photos
and her brothers WILL NOT LAUGH

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Copyright © 2018-11-28, by Liz Bennefeld.

Prompt: Write a poem inspired by an unusual phrase or terminology for an animal’s (or human’s) physicality.