Becoming a poet was kind of an accident1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡYaMFqr0wVf 尼

Like everything, I bumbled and fumbled1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt88DhW7d3 尼

And somehow landed where I am now.1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡBu51QKi091 尼

It started with stumbling over a meeting1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LrjMG2NBH 尼

In the library with a couple people I knew1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzjFs6gbwN 尼

--Poetry—1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡmBt9Kv8FnF 尼

They said and I laughed1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡJgi9kGXHzB 尼

When I thought poetry,1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlrv8M0cfF 尼

I thought sad, sad girls, and greasy haired boys1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrLVN1tF6q 尼

Writing like they lost Lenore1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡN31G0ZdEU7 尼

Despite being fifteen and allowance takers1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XtmHlXr2b 尼

--Poetry—Really?1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvElUWC5aV 尼

Yet I had a little book of them leftover1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wt93itIwQ 尼

From an original attempt at Speech and Debate1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYGzyVQkAY 尼

So I tossed it into the contest pile1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡNg0YXUFpXG 尼

While helping teachers compile the other1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡWr0xATBHuI 尼

Entries for some fair.1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3HEFUZmJG 尼

--Poetry—Really?—I won?1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡAeMwKRDs9O 尼

First place in a fair, ribbon and all?1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgVzzbfXGM 尼

I don’t remember winning anything else before1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96KW8Jh2EL 尼

Maybe there was something about this1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLW4DRTHCR 尼

Something I could get people to look at1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ18nw6zf1r 尼

What a selfish thought I know.1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l2Q7IFThO 尼

--Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCRdqYLl4c 尼

I was the middle finger of five children1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUrlasEJdV 尼

With a mother that couldn’t stand me1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqzEUEQ2AU 尼

With a father that crushed me with expectations1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbk9Cjg3s6 尼

That he didn’t know how to help me with1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FttVJ9wvo 尼

I was unhappy, un-medicated, and angry1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjpoPxwwRG 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PEVA9bHd2 尼

Suddenly, poetry was what kept me above water1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3Pv21MSGb 尼

Even when writing short stories failed1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Q6I01PZCC 尼

This same concept I laughed at years before1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5YEAZwMVo 尼

And dreaded when mentioned in poetry class,1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJyT4koQq5 尼

But they never talked about Ginsberg there1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeKwXamhHS 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLDKKvxXIa 尼

I had trouble learning to read and write1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3GkamLEDl 尼

And had to work harder at it than everyone else1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEKhD6v3NW 尼

But after a rough start I just got rolling1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyQkMNaW1C 尼

I was always reading and always writing1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Yn2q1jv78 尼

But I always envied the naturals.1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86yDLCCXek 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Doubt1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQVS8z5Lad 尼

I question it every day, even as I write1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnHRYGJ3aM 尼

Is this really what I should be doing1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYTwr5Ey8O 尼

There’s a world to see, places to go,1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRxl74DKPY 尼

And yet I lock myself in my room and thoughts1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBXd1mgU1v 尼

But without it, maybe my heart would stop1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡShc3HAIpse 尼

Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mQpKnpMKx 尼

I haven’t found love yet1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TleLJxtUx 尼

I still feel starved for it sometimes1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡPT2u7Iw1zo 尼

So love poems are out of the question1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27WZWWYOUo 尼

For the time being I won’t write them1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ008Oxnmlvs 尼

I can’t write love poems, but I love poems1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jLgu2qs4j 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love—Finish.1234 copyright protection1072ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFuW8QqaNK 尼

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