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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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i love your poem it is really powerful with emotion and you art is amazing love it!
Wowww...this is another one of those poems that give you that sudden urge to rip out a pack of tissues and cry uncontrollobly at the cruelty in the world. :) Beautiful. Really really really nice...
Btw, if anyone has time, please check out my poem The Girl Inside, and others. Thanks!!!
Dear Ryan,
There are so many wonderful people out there who would love to be your friend. I know I would. Don't let those mean comments put you down. They just can't quite see the beauty of what you write. Here I'll leave you with this:
The simmered whisper
Of his poem in my ears
Almost brings my heart to tears
It rips apart what I once wore
A mask of friendship
Nothing more
Today I swear will be the day
I talk to somebody
I would usually disregard
His poem showed me and open heart
Did you like it?
If you'd like to talk more reply to this. I loved your work.
Much Heart,
Madison
this poem is very intruiging.
i like your style of writing(:
there is alot of feeling in this poem!
