OverTheRainbow

i really don't get prejudice

i mean just the concept of it

how could you hate someone borne

by the same earth, the same fire

how could you explain someone else's life

as being worth less air than your own

i break lines like a maniac 

obsessed with meter, st

opping thoughts before they begin

: a psy

                 chotic insomniac frankenstein's

scientist type f

a kiwi soft with suntanned skin from

what seems like a lifetime of being outside,

you swim probably unlike a bird because birds don’t swim

but it’s sweet to imagine – you

i write poetry on lined paper

in class & only half pay attention, rounded letters

barely containing all i want to say. i use green marker

& stare dreamily into the yellowed margins,