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Battle of Snakes

May 16, 2017
By Kurpana1 BRONZE, Brookfield, Wisconsin
Kurpana1 BRONZE, Brookfield, Wisconsin
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What did I do wrong?
Snakes hiss my name with poisonous tongues
Racking my brain to find an interaction that went sour
I can’t find a problem, or are you sour yourself?

Everyday snakes hiss my name with poisonous tongues
Tell me snake, instead of playing this guessing game
I can’t find a problem, you must be sour yourself
I’m sure there is nothing wrong and you are just a drama queen

Tell me snake, instead of  playing this guessing game
Can’t fall asleep, trying to climb out of this snake pit
I’m sure there is nothing wrong and you are just a drama queen
Knot in my chest, tears in my eyes

Can’t fall asleep, trying to find my way out of this maze of snakes
Racking my brain for an interaction that went sour
Knot in my chest, tears in my eyes
What did I do wrong?


The author's comments:

I am a freshman at Brookfield Academy. This poem is about getting into a fight with a good friend and they will not tell you what you did wrong and it seems to you that you haven't. It is about the obsessive, back and forth feeling and frustration when everone hates ou. I was bullied in he fifth grade and the feelings I experienced are in this poem. I chose a pantoum style poem because it gives a sense of obsession over the topic.


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