Mira

She makes the rounds to hug everyone
before she leaves to go home every Saturday
and we all look forward to it.

She told me about how she likes to write poetry
and has a notebook in which she writes them all.
She brought it and showed me.

She introduced me to her mom, who came to pick her up,
and while we were waiting I talked to her
about seventh grade and stuff.

She told me about her sister with a smile
because she was almost always smiling
even now.