i met a girl in the eleventh grade (complete)

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i met a girl in the eleventh grade

and she wore a jean jacket

with the word "blossom"

spray painted on the back.

she came to a field

and sat between yellow

buttercups, she held a flower

tenderly between her thumb and

pointer finger, and twirled

the stem in her hands, then when

she stretched her feet out in front

of her i saw that the soles of

her shoes had the words

"grow tall" etched in purple

permanent marker.

the purple was a exquisite color

not the color of a lilac

and not even close to lavender

but nonetheless the color

of the day i met you.