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All I Need Is a Friend MAG

January 28, 2009
By Ryan Moran BRONZE, Mt. Prospect, Illinois
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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.

© Mariana O., Tecate, CA

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on Mar. 6 2012 at 8:38 pm
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I realy enjoyed reading this. (: You described the perfect friend, just like you. I hope you do one day find that friend that you're looking for, beside those interesting books which lay on your floor (: Keep writing !
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 really like this quote and im the same way my friends are my books 

 

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if you really describes yourself in that... YOU SOUND LIKE THE PERFECT BEST FRIEND! just saying...

 

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I like this poem! It really shows what some highschoolers might go through!
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i liked this poem i never thought ppl wrote like this. i love it. <3
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i liked this poem i never thought ppl wrote like this. i love it. <3
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i LOVE this poem. It truly defines the lives for some high school students. Money can buy you "materialistic" things, but it can't buy you popularity or "true" friends.
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I like this. But how does someone get some many comments and rates on their poems and stuff?
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It's 1800 dollars.
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Definitely one of my favorites on this site! 
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I love this its so simple seaming yet you have to read it its so good.
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OMG!!! when i was reading this i couldnt take my eyes off the  screen... this is very guud !!!
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Simple but striking, you pulled me in instantly. The style follows the mood, which I love. Kudos!
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you are a great writer and we all need friends and you can find friends all sorts a way ;) hope you find wat your looking for
HannahLizHump said...
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Great poem!! loved it.. i'll be you're friend (:
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this is really good. it deserves it's place in teenink magazine
Annoymous said...
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i really loved this poem and i definetly loved the picture and the picture fits the descripition of the poem perfectly srry . i know your in a rough situation so am i . i dont have any friends like you and im always lonely i try to make friends but it never works :( but great poem :)
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Hey! Great poem, really good. I mean it. You should enter it in my writing contest for school. It's at writeroftheweekcontest.webs.com We love to hear writing. Thanks!
Queen Of Mars!! said...
on Feb. 13 2012 at 5:51 am
*I'm a fan!!
Queen Of Mars!! said...
on Feb. 13 2012 at 5:51 am
Wow.... this is wonderful.... sorts melancholic... yet, I give you thumbs up! U'm a fan! =)