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Number Line
February 4, 2016
Negative infinity
To positive infinity
The amount of space you're granted on a number line
Let's say you're 12
I am -75
Jack is 13
Liz is 14
Kate is 15
Sam is 11
But I am still -75
You're all sitting together like birds on a wire
Cooing faintly off in the distance
I shouldn't feel so bad
It could be worse
I could be -2,318
But still it's no fun being the outlier
If only someone could add 85 to me
Then I too could coo
Do they miss me over there?
It's just
Everyone is so negative around here
© Shira B., Marblehead, MA
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