School Girl

She lifted both pom poms to twelve o’clock,

Swooped her left arm around the circle and back to the top,

And she wiggled that butt to the music,

Hoping that Frankie was watching.

A year ago when she first crushed on the quarterback,

She hadn’t really developed hips, and the boobs were tiny.

She desperately needed him to notice the change.

They called her a mean girl and nicknamed her Snake.

Just because she tried to take him away from Annette.

She embarrassed the Barbie doll in front of everyone.

And now, even her former friends were afraid of her.

But suddenly there’s a slippery spot under her left saddle shoe.

Just as the music requires a twirl to the right.

And then she landed hard on her butt.

The whole world was now over.

Her life was ended.

And she wondered enviously how Annette made it happen.