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8th Grade Idiot.

October 17, 2021
By SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
200 articles 23 photos 1053 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]


Secret she stayed up at night

Huddled under the heavy cover

Imagining things

Places

Things

Things beautiful

and terrible

and even sometimes funny

like the killer who stalks mice

or the grass under a magnifying glass

 

she hated the gift

she hated the poems

she hid them all

and made excuses for they they existed

 

because poetry is stupid.

poetry makes no sense.

poetry is for boring people

the 8th-grade girl said.

 

would you look where that 8th-grade girl is today?

writing this poem, which is stupid you say?


The author's comments:

yeah, i was an idiot in 8th grade and all the grades before. not sure where i decided i hated poetry. probably read robert frost in 1rst grade and decided it made no sense, then never touched another one. actually, i do remember a massive book by robert frost.

i know this poem is mediocre at best but what the hay i wanted to tell off younger me.


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on Oct. 20 2021 at 2:53 pm
SparrowSun ELITE, X, Vermont
200 articles 23 photos 1053 comments

Favorite Quote:
"It Will Be Good." (complicated semi-spiritual emotional story.)

"Upon his bench the pieces lay
As if an artwork on display
Of gears and hands
And wire-thin bands
That glisten in dim candle play." -Janice T., Clockwork[love that poem, dont know why, im not steampunk]

this is when it peaked, before i just downright hated it, this was when i hated it but wrote.
oh im afraid to ask.

Lydiaq ELITE said...
on Oct. 20 2021 at 9:47 am
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
172 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.
--me

Hah, you should have seen me in the sixth grade.