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Being on top of the world

September 24, 2022
By Anonymous

I’ve been to the same camping site multiple times.

In a year

I want to go back

to where the sky is a blinding blue,

and it smells fresh

as if it had just rained.


I don't want to go anymore

Because I’m the stain on the shirt.

And social status still exists

Like putting the queen card on your head.

 

The food is great

But the people make it bitter

It gives me a familiar taste of 

When I bite into an apple

And spit out the sourness

The taste stays in my mouth


If I ever go back

I’ll be a different person

And I’ll have a queen card on my head

So no one will look at me from above a tall cliff

That I’m just latching onto


The author's comments:

I wrote this piece thinking about this camping site I went to when I was little. I remember being the race that was a minority and I guess sometimes felt stared at as if I was not welcome. Even though I didn't really fit in I still really enjoyed going there because there was a lot to do. I'd really like to go back one day.


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