Becoming a poet was kind of an accident1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTtGQxfX6G 尼

Like everything, I bumbled and fumbled1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHxaeUvNLB 尼

And somehow landed where I am now.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mDbD3Q3Hg 尼

It started with stumbling over a meeting1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8riEL90Te1 尼

In the library with a couple people I knew1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsoTkp85rc 尼

--Poetry—1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡE0OS82n2vx 尼

They said and I laughed1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkGr43JxcL 尼

When I thought poetry,1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9n8nyG6MHc 尼

I thought sad, sad girls, and greasy haired boys1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡlS0P2CesAu 尼

Writing like they lost Lenore1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡftYgVkLpQT 尼

Despite being fifteen and allowance takers1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1hcnQ3Gut 尼

--Poetry—Really?1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡCa6pIwvhJd 尼

Yet I had a little book of them leftover1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WgBwLU3Xa 尼

From an original attempt at Speech and Debate1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpKJPShUEs 尼

So I tossed it into the contest pile1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Xn779k83P 尼

While helping teachers compile the other1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLyWXdFhNT 尼

Entries for some fair.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5S9lxAK3T 尼

--Poetry—Really?—I won?1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡpG3Hfg7HDy 尼

First place in a fair, ribbon and all?1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6JxZ1cJrC 尼

I don’t remember winning anything else before1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGhVZzYctX 尼

Maybe there was something about this1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡyB2OjI4d7i 尼

Something I could get people to look at1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jfNzYLu60 尼

What a selfish thought I know.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17VGSgNntr 尼

--Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPhwLa7z1T 尼

I was the middle finger of five children1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4pTqGrRdp 尼

With a mother that couldn’t stand me1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIob2DMQl6 尼

With a father that crushed me with expectations1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvnjNGeyb6 尼

That he didn’t know how to help me with1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EvAX7IcRl 尼

I was unhappy, un-medicated, and angry1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrs2jSiKxz 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4H2uysxnt 尼

Suddenly, poetry was what kept me above water1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEsJCKiYYJ 尼

Even when writing short stories failed1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡoybv1kPJBO 尼

This same concept I laughed at years before1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ebZvYATyM 尼

And dreaded when mentioned in poetry class,1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3qkxxZeU5 尼

But they never talked about Ginsberg there1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡljmYyZv3it 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjbQHtAKWm 尼

I had trouble learning to read and write1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4OYLc6hZP 尼

And had to work harder at it than everyone else1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0hdBSwY8r 尼

But after a rough start I just got rolling1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeLx4wMFk3 尼

I was always reading and always writing1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6s1jgH3sh8 尼

But I always envied the naturals.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7w1ZmQBrX 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Doubt1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwJkA8eQqu 尼

I question it every day, even as I write1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuAy0TlZsq 尼

Is this really what I should be doing1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mFL7LRu3L 尼

There’s a world to see, places to go,1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡBL2E3ym42J 尼

And yet I lock myself in my room and thoughts1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DbUo5UuiA 尼

But without it, maybe my heart would stop1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfg5gvcm0K 尼

Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9pRamzYVN 尼

I haven’t found love yet1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHlb6V5oKV 尼

I still feel starved for it sometimes1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSFc66A9DN 尼

So love poems are out of the question1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡksYfpdJyCm 尼

For the time being I won’t write them1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYDJYAnL5g 尼

I can’t write love poems, but I love poems1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVlwkCUYij 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love—Finish.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU9ZnwP7mH 尼

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