“They Said I Was An Alternate,” by Nathan McClain (poetry ’13)
An excerpt from “They Said I Was An Alternate,” by Nathan McClain (poetry ’13), published by Foundry.
They Said I Was An Alternate,
so I thought like an alternate
Answered black when asked
where is the nearest bathroom,
guilty
as charged when
the barista called the name
I made up, only
half-expecting judgment
