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January 10, 2010
By gnihtlaicositna GOLD, Nova Scotia, Other
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Here
Evil eye they give me
a slight downward twitch of the mouth
a young childs curious stare
eventually to become what he was raised to be
hypocrite
hick
smelly
balding
grumpy old man
OR
hypocrite
hick
smelly
thin haired
grumpy old woman

Raised to reject what is different
to fit in
destroy that which is different
whisper, whisper
their own personal weapons of mass destruction
broken beer bottles, drunken swings
stumbling across our beautiful land
soiled by a bunch of redneck
reject

conform
or be
rejected
away
from
HERE
escape

© Ella H., La Vista, NE

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How I felt about where I live and grew up
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