The Wrong Way

Since she was born
she’s always kissed in 
a left-handed way

Everyone told her
that was wrong
Her grandmother told her
Her mother told her
The nuns told her
The nuns definitely told her
Boy did the nuns tell her

So she stopped kissing
in a left-handed way and
tried kissing right-handed
But it wasn’t the same

It never felt right It
made her think there was 
something wrong with her

So she stopped kissing in
a right-handed way too
She just entirely stopped kissing

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Bill McCloud is a poetry editor for the Right Hand Pointing literary journal and is the poetry reviewer for Vietnam Veterans of America. His poetry book, The Smell of the Light, reached #1 on The Oklahoman’s “Oklahoma Bestsellers List." His poems have appeared in Oklahoma Today and the Oklahoma English Journal. He is a faculty member of William Bernhardt’s annual WriterCon, presenting sessions on writing and publishing poetry.

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