A row of fidgety grade school children
(4th graders) in hard wooden backed chairs.
Before them is the classic school marm
in shawl and plain brown hair
tightly held in a bun.
The teacher is harsh and nasal
with her questions
but in this spelling bee
the children have to
spell words
that correspond to
their appearance:
effeminate
obtuse
ostentatious
histrionic
bovine
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