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What I Am Not Allowed to Feel

May 1, 2019
By Anonymous

Sadness-

a feeling I am not allowed to feel

True happiness is something of infinite appeal

Though it isn’t ideal, my true feelings I must conceal

Though my love with Gatsby at the time was unreal

About Tom, I do not know how I feel

Oh! This is a terrible ordeal

One man has a broken heart that needs to heal

The other may only want me for my sex appeal

Here I am suddenly behind Gatsby’s steering wheel

In front of me is a girl who, like a boat, will soon keel

Now because of my mistake

I’ve left Gatsby’s death in my wake


The author's comments:

A poem based on F. Scott FitzGerald's The Great Gatsby


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