ONLY PETTY THEFT

Wallet

Empty

Shock

Police

Forms

(my name,

how do I spell my name?)

Voice

Friend

Spelling

(oh, yes, that’s it)

Return

Faces

Concern

I speak

“My parents will help,

I guess.”

Backs–

In parented care,

My shock judged

Unnecessary, fake.

I stand alone.

But one knows—

His eyes watch

As I survey

The room full of

Friends

The room where my purse

Had been.

My eyes meet his

See reflected there

The knowing:

No parents

Can replace

No forms record

The loss of trust.

#tellastory