Friday, June 18, 2021

The Cheerleader Photo

 A cheering squad in Utah,

At a high school, did include 

A member with Down Syndrome 

With a bubbly attitude.


She worked extra hard at practice

And was liked by all who cheered,

But when she received her yearbook,

Her good humor disappeared.


For the cheerleaders were pictured,

Photogenic, they were, too,

Though one member was excluded

And I’ll give you one guess who.


Seems the cameraman requested

Double seatings for the pose - 

One with everyone, another…

Well, you know the way it goes.


So the one that made the yearbook

Was the photo incomplete 

And it made my blood just boil

To imagine that defeat.


Though apologies were given

And accepted by the teen,

We should all join in to shout

That stunt was M-E-A-N mean!

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