Number crunching

Time crunch of number crunching

calculators I didn't know we could use

a packet I'm so screwed for 

a teacher who doesn't teach

I have never been this panicked

meltdown mode

I don't know how to do this 

and we're going to check it today

and I'm going to be wrong

I'M SO TIRED OF BEING WRONG

I honestly tried really hard

I used my class time

I brought it home

and it's not done and I'm so scared

and I don't know what to do

I joke about it but it hurts

because I'm supposed to be the smart one

and I am being set up to fail

am I angry?

Disappointed?

I guess I'm just overwhelmed

and stressed

and nauseous

P

Penguin81

VT

14 years old

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    Am I not good enough for you?

    Am I not good enough for anything important?

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    Your laughter is expensive -

    it comes at a cost,

    one I achieved just barely last night.

    If I don't try,

    it comes easy.

    Be funny

    be cool

    be liked

    I want you to think I am those things

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    I used to know you

    I used to know you

    every little kink in your brain

    how your eyes would flash when you were upset

    and your glasses reflected your anger

    you were an open book to me

    and I can still read it - here's the hard part

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