> Prom > > (for Julia) > > A blue gown. > > Glass slippers came yesterday. > > Hair piled high. > > A white limousine. > > No talk of midnight or pumpkins. > > The universes of your eyes and > > the centuries of giggling girls > > waiting quietly around your mouth > > > will compete with > > a shiny pendant > > and diamond-studded ears. > > Pity. >