hidden pasture, secret wood
posing is very important. she
knew it would be good, mostly.
behind the barn there was a silence.
eerie lunch, new self-reliance.
the signs were there, but still,
they are shocked. rocked by
the absence of a daughter who
got bored by the small. or so they
suppose. how strange to see
the girl you sat next to in a class
of fifteen -- now, seen by millions
on an impossible screen.