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Firsts and lasts
Life is made of firsts and lasts.
Your first breath,
When your parents hold you close.
Your first steps,
When you can wander around alone.
Your first words,
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Aging
When I was four I wished for five,
When I’d be in Kindergarten
When I was five I wished that preschool would come back again
Again at six I wished to age
At seven I wished the same
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Up
Up
Up
Up
Far from the ground
But farther still from the top
I'm tired but I can't let go
So I must just go up
I'm getting more impatient
The more that I climb
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Opposites Attract
"Perfect" said the critics
"Awful" says the boy
"It tastes like diarrhea, oh how I hate bok choy"
But something 'bout his eyes make everything okay,
Even if his food choices make me start to decay
Loves
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Wednesday November 6th 2024
Driving down dirt roads
Ten miles per hour over the speed limit
Oops
Slowing down
Tapping my foot to my new depression playlist
Tears
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poem turned rant
I had an idea
I wanted to spill all my anger into the page
so why is it always so hard to write
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34
34
An even number
A prime number
2
17 times
I can't count it on one hand
Not on two
Not even with my toes
And with a list of 34 felonies
We still elect
Him
A convicted felon
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Speak
Today felt the same as yesterday.
Nothing changed
But there was a silence
That echoed in the voices
I heard.
Today felt as if nothing changed.
I got up, brushed my teeth, -
November 6th
This morning I woke up at six am. The country was bleeding pomegranate red and I, so sure we'd be drinking in a giddy paradise blue, stared blankly for minutes if not hours at the flashing computer screen.
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My Little Sister
My little sister
Only 7 years old
Innocent
And yet strong willed
She will grow up
In this country
With this president
This person who calls himself