An Overthinking Kindergartener

by Sareen Equality

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a, e, i, o, u

A, E, I, O, U

                                    Now repeat. Repeat. REPEAT! Again. AGAIN! Repeat. All together!

a, e, i, o, u

a, e, y…

e, a, i, o, u

a, b, c, d, e, a, i, o, u, f, g, h, y, o, u, o, e, a, i, oh my, oh y, oh i, oh, u

e, a, i, o, u

a, i, o….No. o, no? oh no, oh man, oh darn ohno.

o, a, e, i, o, u

e, a, i, o, u

and sometimes fucking Y?

i, o, u

i o u?

I owe you….oh!

This summer, my uncle spray-painted those vowels on my grandma’s garage after he borrowed all the tires off of her matte black Jeep Wrangler.

She didn't think it was as pretty as I did.

i, o, u

e, a, i, o, u

a, e, i, o, u

A       E        I      O       U!

                                     That’s It! Repeat. Repeat. All together.

and sometimes, that fucking Y.

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