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All I Need Is a Friend MAG

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



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on Dec. 7 2011 at 3:48 pm
Honewisacat SILVER, Clarence, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Here&#039;s what&#039;s not beautiful about it: from here, you can&#039;t see the rust or the cracked paint or whatever, but you can tell what the place really is. You can see how fake it all is. It&#039;s not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It&#039;s a paper town. I mean, look at it, Q: look at all those culs-de-sac, those streets that turn in on themselves, all the houses that were built to fall apart. All those paper people living in their paper houses, burning the future to stay warm. All the paper kids drinking beer some bum bought for them at the paper convenience store. Everyone demented with the mania of owning things. All the things paper-thin and paper-frail. And all the people, too. I&#039;ve lived here for eighteen years and I have never once in my life come across anyone who cares about anything that matters.&rdquo;<br /> ― John Green, Paper Towns

We can be friends! i read a lot too. You kind of remind me of my really close friend. Keep writing!

on Dec. 3 2011 at 11:12 am
Tori_Lie-write SILVER, Albuquerque, New Mexico
8 articles 0 photos 31 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be yourself, no one will care if you fly off the top of the roof and make it to the unicorns.

i love it!:) your not friendless look at all thee people

on Dec. 2 2011 at 9:23 am
EmoCinderella PLATINUM, DeSoto, Missouri
38 articles 0 photos 14 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Your juice is my juice!&quot; &quot;That&#039;s Hot!&quot; &quot;In a world full of peaches don&#039;t ask for applesauce&quot;

Love it. You can be my friend because I understand the pain.;)

niner PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 1 2011 at 3:37 pm
niner PLATINUM, Hartville, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Isn&#039;t it funny how you broke my heart, but I still love you with all the pieces?&quot;<br /> &quot;It&#039;s easy to stand in a crowd, but it takes courage to stand alone&quot;<br /> &quot;What would you attempt if you knew you could never fail?&quot;

you can consider me a friend :) i like this poem alot.

browneyedcat said...
on Nov. 30 2011 at 4:19 pm
browneyedcat, Melbourne Beach, Florida
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lol, Naruto in the corner! 

Kath262 said...
on Nov. 25 2011 at 9:45 pm
i will be your friend! and awsome poem

on Nov. 24 2011 at 10:15 pm
tweetiebruce PLATINUM, Sydney, Other
24 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is like music - You can make mistakes so you try again. But when the piece can&#039;t be helped you try again another time.

his si brilliant......i would be ur friend especially if you have a talent like this. 

Payton SILVER said...
on Nov. 23 2011 at 11:23 am
Payton SILVER, Howells, Nebraska
9 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
Be yourself because that&#039;s whats really cool.

Wow that was amazing!  I know how you feel.  Worda can't describe how great this is.

chaotic93 said...
on Nov. 22 2011 at 10:13 am
why does it disgust you?

on Nov. 20 2011 at 5:07 pm
Jappyalldayeveryday, Detroit, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
They say that good things take time, but really great things happen in the blink of an eye

This is good :)

R.S.H said...
on Nov. 19 2011 at 9:09 pm
R.S.H, NY, New York
0 articles 2 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
Don&#039;t let anyone get in your way of becoming who you are meant to be.

WOW, I love this poem. Friends come and they go but true friends last forever. I love the expression of feelings you give to this poem.

on Nov. 18 2011 at 12:04 pm
Leyna1997 BRONZE, Crystal, Minnesota
3 articles 3 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
And I&#039;ll write you poetry,<br /> with the prettiest words that you ever did read,<br /> no i never write like that.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -Sick of Sarah

Me too!!!!!!

on Nov. 17 2011 at 4:29 pm
classof20142121 GOLD, Torrington, Wyoming
12 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
You laugh because I am different ,but I laugh because you are all the same .

I  think everyone feels like this now  and then  keep your  chin up.

on Nov. 17 2011 at 1:59 pm
chrissie_star GOLD, Commerce, California
11 articles 0 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
Its just another chapter in the past just turn the page dont close the book.

ill be your friend!!! <3<3<3 XD

on Nov. 17 2011 at 9:44 am
MarissaWhitecloud SILVER, Oskaloosa, Iowa
7 articles 0 photos 84 comments
I love it. It really sounds like its coming from the heart and it expresses my feelings a little.

MelindaM GOLD said...
on Nov. 17 2011 at 9:18 am
MelindaM GOLD, San Diego, California
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This is such a good poem :)

chris0911 said...
on Nov. 17 2011 at 8:24 am
chris0911, Lawton, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
The wild honey suckle, &quot;Smit with those charms, they must decay/I greive to see your future doom/ they decay-nor were those flowers more gay/the flower that did eden bloom.&quot;

i dont see what other people see? i really dont like it,

on Nov. 16 2011 at 2:03 pm
UndergroundGirl_16 BRONZE, Johannesburg, Other
3 articles 12 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The world&#039;s a roller coaster and I&#039;m not strapped in&quot; - Incubus

I loved it :) Would like to see more posts from you

on Nov. 15 2011 at 11:30 am
i love this peace and i enyoed it i would like to read more

on Nov. 15 2011 at 11:17 am
kaykay101 PLATINUM, Arundel, Maine
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can i be your friend???<3 youre amazing