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The Courtship of Our Generation

February 29, 2016
By Leoste BRONZE, Annapolis, Maryland
Leoste BRONZE, Annapolis, Maryland
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I kind of like you…
But kind of not…
I mean, I talk to you a lot…
You’re stunningly gorgeous.
Wait, I won’t go that far.
You’re kind of cute
…Okay, you are.

 

I mean,
I just,
I know we’re just friends
But,
I don’t,
I can’t just pretend
That I don’t think you’re
Absolutely—okay
Average, normal, nothing.
I wasn’t going to say
Anything.
Okay bye.

 

Wait.
Sorry for the way I’m acting
I don’t know how you’re reacting
But you’re really quite attracting—
Distracting!
I meant distracting.
Distracting me is what I’m trying to say.
Wait, not in that way!
Okay,
I’ll go away.

 

Because I know other boys
Must have you on their mind
All the time.
So I’ll just mind what’s mine
And maybe my mind will
Make more sense
Sorry…
For me.
Goodnight.

 

Wait
Okay
I’m not sure
How to say
This but maybe
I kind of
Think but I’m not really sure because I never really know with these things and I don’t know how to express myself and I’m confused and I’m dumb and a mess but I guess you could think this too so I’ve just got to say that

 

I like you.


The author's comments:

This was just a poem I thought would be fun to write. I believe it encompasses the some of the romantic struggles of our socially awkward tech-raised generation. (Or mine at least.)


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