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All I Need Is a Friend MAG
Books fill up my room.
Not baseball cards,
or pictures of girls,
or basketballs.
Maybe a blown up picture of …
… Pam Anderson might help.
Black-framed glasses
and a white,
pale,
lanky
body.
I should start working out.
At least I can read.
I read four books a day last summer.
The librarian,
80-year-old Mrs. Woodsworth,
she knows my middle name.
If only I had a real friend.
I am sick of seeing her old,
bony,
pale body.
Although it resembles mine.
The kids at school laugh.
Is it the way I dress?
Lacoste,
Ralph Lauren,
La Tigre.
I’ve tried every designer out there.
Staying in the house really saves me money.
My stupid rich parents give me $50 a week for lunch.
$50 times 36 weeks …
what is that?
$1,000,
$2,000,
$10,000?
I should probably know.
Straight A’s 12 years in a row
and counting.
With all of this,
or none of this –
it depends how you look at it –
all I need is a friend.
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Well it seems to me like this kid Ryan has no friends and needs to get out more. I dont like this poem because it seems like this kid is doing nothing but complaining about life. If you want a friend, then go out and make some. Dont sit there and whine and write stupid poetry about it.
Ill be your friend
Love the beginnning and the last stanza was very strong! :D
more people need to comment so this will be number one
I suppose it gets lonely at the top. I feel your pain. I could always be your friend though :)
But of the poem, I like how this poem ends. I believe a successful ending is one of the most important parts of a poem because it leaves the reader with a taste in their mouth after reading it. The after-taste of this is sweet, and then slightly bitter. The comedy helps equal out the tragedy which keeps this from becoming over-whelmingly depressing.
I dont know what to say.
I really like your writing style! People judge me inside and out. I've been called a lesbian for 'dressing like a boy'. I've been called emo and a cutter for getting my hair cut in a certain fashion.
I'm definitley going to read your other pieces.
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