Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle
asleep in their pocket-sized shells:
the Professor would give me just one,
yet I loved them all equally well.
I could have been a champion
if only I’d cleared that first hurdle,
but I never could choose a favorite
between Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle

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Katherine Thorne was so anxious to get her piece submitted that she forgot to write a bio. Twitter: @sparklemarkers