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Conductor
He raises his hands,
And as our cue,
We begin our dance -
Instruments,
Communicating,
It's like we can talk to each other
Through the song.
He claps his hands twice -
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Bassline
I feel the drumbeat.
I feel the pulse of the music,
Reverberating around my ears and brain,
Twisting into my heart.
I feel the bassline
With each hit of the sound
Pulsating your energy around you
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Those two days
Two days
Was all it took.
A day of rehearsals;
Discussing, analyzing, perfecting -
And then the day
We performed.
The day that changed everything.
I gave myself to the notes on the page,
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To the trees
To the trees,
Your green crowns standing proudly against the sky;
To the trees,
Trunks twisting every which way
Rooted firmly to the earth
With your crests in the clouds.
To the trees,
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Sisters
Where are you going to be
When I need you?
Are you going to stand there
And take it?
Are you going to
Share the load?
Are you going to have my back
When I'm anything but perfect?
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P.E.
Today
We had P.E.
I do not mind P.E. -
I do not care -
I can play sports like any teenager
If not a little better.
There would have been no problem
Except
You had to create one, didn't you?
Loves
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Curved Walls
I know the rules and rights are
The same:
For boys and girls
And everyone in between,
We are supposed to stand
On the same uneven ground,
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I’m not brave enough to write his name
We made a bet when we were sixteen.
Actually, you were fifteen.
I knew I’d lose. I did it so you would continue to speak to me. I liked seeing you care about something healthy.
Is that okay to say?
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How did we get here?
How did we get here?
With a man who lies
and stirs the storm,
who turns hate into headlines
and power into a joke. -
squishy
There’s a squishy feeling, like your fingers
pressed into soft dough,
the way your body sinks
into the warm, endless bed of a blanket. -
School
School’s great. I *love* waking up early
to sit through hours of stuff I’ll forget.
Lunch? A gourmet mystery I’ll never solve.
Tests? Oh, the thrill of failing with style. -
River
We clash like stones along the shore,
Rough and stubborn, fighting more,
In every word, in every glance,
A storm ignites, a battle dance.