2011 Student Writing Awards Booklet - Santa Fe Community College

Poetry
Honorable Mention
Erin Brooks
In the afternoons, while the heat
pressed against our lungs and our
backs stuck to all the chairs, we ate
Klondike bars.
Mema’s House
I opened the heavy door of the green chest freezer
with both hands, sunk my head into the
swirling cold, found the package of
Klondikes under the vegetable medley
and above the strip steaks.
We sat together at the small square wood
table and unwrapped our hard square
foiled Klondikes.The chocolate shells
snapped into pieces when we took our first
bites and the ice cream melted through our
fingers onto the grey printed backing
of the wrappers.
Honey, get me a co-cola,
she said, when our paper towels were stained
from the chocolate and the corners of
our mouths were sticky and sweet.
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