Fifteen Steps
I took fifteen steps
down the hall
to the principal’s office.
I counted each step
in English then
in Spanish.
The Spanish names
of numbers
came easy to me
when nothing else did.
But that didn’t matter
to the principal.
It didn’t matter at all.
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I really enjoyed this poem. The repetition at the end has a powerful effect