Nancy Aldersmith – Poem
Open Book Test
Looking for answers in the air,
he rubs his hair like a good luck charm.
Eyebrows slant in and up
toward his widow’s peak.
He rubs his eye with his pinky,
scratches at the back of his head.
Eyes shift and glide about the room.
Now where did I put that answer?
His tongue flicks his cheek,
quick as a frog’s –
And he fills the circle
with his number two pencil