A copy of "Public School 190, Brooklyn 1963"

Public School 190, Brooklyn 1963

The inkwells had no ink.
The flag had 48 stars, four years
after Alaska and Hawaii.
There were vandalized blackboards
and chairs with three legs,
taped windows, retarded boys penned
in the basement.
Some of us stared in Spanish.
We windmilled punches
or hid in the closet to steal from coats
as the teacher drowsed, head bobbing.
We had the Dick and Jane books,
but someone filled in their faces
with a brown crayon.

When Kennedy was shot,
they hurried us onto buses,
not saying why,
saying only that
something bad had happened.
But we knew
something bad had happened,
knew that before
November 22, 1963.

tanya Member Posts: 5 Joined: May 1, 08 Ref.#: 6296	May 1, 08, 11:05pm ¦ #1 Public School 190, Brooklyn 1963 The inkwells had no ink. The flag had 48 stars, four years after Alaska and Hawaii. There were vandalized blackboards and chairs with three legs, taped windows, retarded boys penned in the basement. Some of us stared in Spanish. We windmilled punches or hid in the closet to steal from coats as the teacher drowsed, head bobbing. We had the Dick and Jane books, but someone filled in their faces with a brown crayon. When Kennedy was shot, they hurried us onto buses, not saying why, saying only that something bad had happened. But we knew something bad had happened, knew that before November 22, 1963.

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