[stylist] revised Jesse I am poem

[Chris Kuell]

Hi Jennifer,

I'm not a poet, but I do like this one. My only comment/critique would be
that sighties might not get it. Personally, I prefer poems that are a little
obscure, but if someone doesn't know you are blind, this one might leave
them scratching their heads.

Chris
 

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Jesse I am by Jennifer Applegate

Jesse I am

Tall skinny and white

With silver eyes

I guide 

Helping to find

 

Steep stairs, concrete curbs, and winding ramps

Brick buildings, glass doors, and tiny restrooms

Asphalt cracks crossing Guadalupe Street

Lynn's new apartment, a one bedroom

 

Up and down brown Flagstone floors, elevator closes tight

Door opens on ground floor, miniature Schnauzer meets me tonight

Buckwheat black leather boot heels tapp along hallway's right side

Small Silver doors bang shut, key opens Lynn's mailbox up high

 

Sitting on a steel barstool, she hears classmates clack by

Sitting on a scorching black bench, she hears buses blast by

Sitting on UT West Campus bus, she zooms to PCL tonight

 

Exploring a fancy hotel during convention time

Marching in D.C. among an army of confident strides

Scouring banquet room for an open chair at seven tonight

Clapping for the key note speech, eating gourmet food with steak knives

 

Black suade mule heels clack to the restroom, back of Megabus

Fat rubber wheels parked on concrete lot of Shell gas station

Glass door springs open, Lynn dashes to her dad's slate grey SUV

Fast dash to drink coco, eat fudge after photos of Christmas

 

Spring semester begins, Lynn brisks across icey sidewalks to school

Nubuck black boot heels tap, seeking hard to find

New glass doors, brick buildings, and English classrooms

Few friends to meet in Starbucks for study time

 

Jesse I am

Tall skinny and white

With silver eyes

Helping to find

I guide

 

 

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