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Loves
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Waiting
i sit by the river
and
wait
i stand by the ocean
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Penthouse Party
There's a party in the penthouse
where people come and go
admission is free and based on nothing
and if you go once, you'll never truly leave.
It's not hard to get in, but you won't be invited
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Quiet Expectations
They won’t teach me how to be a woman—
But they’ll notice when I’m not.
Say I should smile more, try harder,
Be brighter, quieter,
Less me, more what they forgot. -
Change O’Clock
lately i miss owls
the mountains grumble and grow, pushing up around pumpkin shards and lost dreams
who i want to be
who i’m becoming
i feel like a dusty yellow pear
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my next trick
it won't be flashy, showy, or
even remotely special to the untrained eye
but those who've suffered the burden of
knowing me will understand why
my next trick is magical.
from the seventh grader who
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Rain Running
My watch did not enjoy my run in the rain.
This morning before the other humans had stirred,
I woke to the ringing of an alarm that was not my own,
and saw the irresistible rain.
Now my watch doesn't tell the date.