To someone who endured
me at my worst in the worst
year of my life
please accept this long-delayed
word of apology

Sorry about being mean,
Sorry about being selfish,
Sorry about making you
turn your head with a dirty look.

Perhaps I should have been kinder
to you, you lovely yellow-haired thing,
but sixth grade nerds sometimes can't see.
I wish I had been kinder.

You and your friends chased me
on the playground, as if I were…
just who was Conrad, anyway?

Three cute blondes in boots.
sliding down the sidewalk
This was restriction?
No wonder I almost flunked.

I'm sorry, but I wish,
I could go back, sit behind you,
complain, get you to turn your head
and then smooch!