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Typical or Atypical?
My class talks about… 
 is he a typical man of the 60s? Is she a typical child of the 20s? 
 So am I a typical teen girl of 2010? 
 Is their 
 a typical teen girl
 of 2010?
 Theirs the sterio type
 Loves Justin bieber? check
 Likes reading junk magazines? check
 Mood swings? check
 
 But there is more to me
 I have layers, 
 Different sides to me,
 that even I can’t figure out,
 and probably
 never will
 
 Still don’t know why 
 Why I’m an emotional person alone
 but never cry at movies
 and rarely with friends
 
 Still don’t know why 
 I am so different with different people. 
 And why some people say that makes me fake
 Some people would tell you I’m shy
 Some would say I’m loud
 Some say I’m weird. Crazy. Funny. Dumb
 Some say I’m Dreamy. Queit. Smart
 
 Still don’t know 
 why I love writing 
 but get bad grades in englesh
 
 Or why I Love Facebook and reality tv
 And hate sports and bugs
 But would still rather be outside most days
 
 Why some peoples words
 stay in my head for years 
 but some I can block out
 and some I forget minutes after I here them
 
 Why I try so hard not to start fights 
 but I will almost always finish them
 And why I some times accidentally hurt my friends
 But when some one else hurts them
 I want to hurt that some one else
 
 Still don’t know why I feel so different from the rest of my family
 Or why my self esteem is so low
 
 So I don’t know 
 if I’m typical or a typical of my age, sex, and time period 
 But I know
 my friends are my life
 I believe in god
 I live for today 
 and don't always think as far ahead as maybe I should
 I have a diary I write in a few times a week
 I Love listening to music but can’t play it for my life
 
 So I don’t know 
 if I’m typical or a typical of my age, sex, and time period 
 But mostly I know
 I have Sooo much to learn
 And so many sides and layers of myself 
 Too figure out

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I would make it... deeper but in case we have to read it for the class I don't want to
Soo.... Wasn't trying to spell... don't comment on spelling... and i wrote it for school. The instructions were to write a poem about your self. thats it. when we study a time period we read novels about them and decide if the characters are typical or a typical of their age sex and time period witch is stupid too me so this poem is responding to that. How can I shorten it?