LAX

I’m in the LAX
And I take the opportunity
To have others mistake
Me for a celebrity.

Unfortunately
I’m not wearing big dark sunglasses
Or a silky red trucker hat
But I am wearing black
And isn’t that enough
For my
Starry-eyed fans
To spot me?

Standing here as I am
With my hands filled with
Small elementary glittery stars
I make my shell
From sticky Elmer’s glue
And construction paper—
Trying to shine and twinkle
In the light-polluted LA sky

by Sachiko Slomoff,
11th grade, La Pietra - Hawaii School for Girls