Julie

Julie at my school

always calls out the answer
before the teacher says it.
She dances old
school in the playground.
She always plays centre
for netball and never gives
anyone else a chance.

Mum

Her long hair is

straight like a ruler.

Her eyes are two
dark ponds.
Her noise is short.

Her hands are long
and strong when she
reaches out to hug me.

I love my mum
three point five
times around the
solar system.