The Sycamore Tree from Liberal Arts Symposium 2008
by Keppie Coutts
Brown grass and monkey bars
Boys with marbles and trading cards
Melting tar on a hot day, and there was only one tree
In the schoolyard, that was the place to be
Shade of that tree in the hot southern sun
Was small, only room for some
That’s where the white kids sat
The baking brick wall was all the black kids had
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