Posts
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Fashionably Early
Everyone could make excuses
for when the bears showed up late
to the party
fashionably late
they called it
but when the bears came early
no one
could explain the questions
away.
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Just Like Us
They're obsessed with social media and two-second dating
we talk about climate change and ski racing
they'll talk about what they're supposed to
we'll talk about the world's problems and what to do
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Be Bored
I've been thinking recently a lot about my time on screens, and how it seems like I can't escape my phone and other technology.
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Generation Undecided
Maybe we're the ones
who grew up on our iPads then
our phones,
the ones who teach our teachers
how to use their screens
the ones
who know each other's lives through filters
and think we know each other
Loves
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The LGBTQ+ Center
I went to the LGBTQ+ youth center for the first time.
For a year
I stared at the website,
wanting nothing more than to go.
When I finally went, on a Wednesday,
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we are the future.
in the halls, we lean against the bulletin boards
and whisper of the latest news, last night's breaking, articles snagged
in the moments before leaving for school. lots of adults
think we are too young to understand
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Wildflowers in This Breeze
All skin
Is made up of the same cells,
All eyes
Reflect the same stars,
All lips
Dance around the same meaning,
And even if they don’t work,
All hearts
Are connected by the same strings;
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Teenhood
There should be a word
For ages thirteen through seventeen.
There should be a word
Like childhood or adulthood
That describes
Being a teenager.
Adolescence is one, yes
But it doesn't fit.
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I don’t know, I’m sorry
I don’t know.
I’m sorry.
I don’t know if I can do this.
I’m sorry.
I don’t know if I can do this for much longer.
I’m sorry.
I don’t know if I can do this for much longer and I’ve been getting tired.
