Geek
I play video games
I read in my room
Geek
I hang out at the library
I like school
Geek
I have friends,
Virtual and not
Geek
I stay in front of my computer
I don't like to talk a lot
Geek
I'm not that popular
I'm not really cool
Geek
I play with trading cards
I buy action figures, too
Geek
Being a geek
Is better than not being you
Geek
I'm a geek
I'm unique
Geek
At least being a geek
Is better than being a nerd
Mommy, today they picked on me and called me names.
Mommy, why are kids so mean these days?
Mommy, I tried to be nice and just shrug it off.
Mommy, they had tried to beat me up.
Mommy, I went to tell the teacher.
Mommy, when I told her she didn't believe it.
Mommy, I tried not to cry, I tried to stay strong.
Mommy, what did I ever do wrong?
Mommy, now it's been two days since that day.
They're still mean to me, Mommy, and still call me names.
The boy I have a crush on told me I was ugly.
Mommy, all I did was tell him he was lovely.
Mommy, why are they so mean to me?
Mommy, I do not like to be pushed around.
Mommy, today they sho
I once
knelt to kiss
my mother's belly
as it spilled fluidly
over her waistband,
the milky, mottled
soft skin stretched
taut and drawn
in thick puckers
of flesh. I pressed
grateful lips to the swell,
the feathery, darkened scar
where they wrenched us
apart.