I am getting really tired
of all these popular girls
and their popular moms
who are on drugs and
we aren't even young
anymore and no one is
popular or not popular
but you say ok but
what about the mean
teachers in the lunch room
who gossip about young boys
and each other
Uh I just wish no one
would say
“she is too fat for long nails”
like to want to be pretty
you must already be pretty
I feel like the cloud before it thunders
I feel like the child who has to pee
yes I am holding something in
how did you know?
I am just wanting to be a popular and pretty girl my whole life
I have never stopped wanting
that phew it feels good
to have told you
I can throw out this sparkly
lunchbox now because it was
just a ruse and tricks are for
ugly people aren't they
“yes you would know”
you say
“you are so ugly
your face looks like
that banana peel
in the garbage”
sorry but I thought
what more could
I want than to look
like a banana peel
in the garbage because
how beautiful and
how close to nature
must that be
Laura Marie Marciano feels connected to Dora the Explorer. She too is always waiting for the answer in silence. She teaches people to write for a living and curates Gemstone Readings in NYC. She lives on the internet.
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