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All I Need Is a Friend MAG
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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