Becoming a poet was kind of an accident1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZpl9AO365 尼

Like everything, I bumbled and fumbled1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8BWKihStg 尼

And somehow landed where I am now.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZWRx9TUW2 尼

It started with stumbling over a meeting1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzh851M4ma 尼

In the library with a couple people I knew1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiSPf6mrMO 尼

--Poetry—1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YDpVgrLdd 尼

They said and I laughed1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVrDbeI31g 尼

When I thought poetry,1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08aZTL7x4i 尼

I thought sad, sad girls, and greasy haired boys1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CooSY71KE 尼

Writing like they lost Lenore1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhUG4dUEz9 尼

Despite being fifteen and allowance takers1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJpjEVclCe 尼

--Poetry—Really?1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjhGGmWTM7 尼

Yet I had a little book of them leftover1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡSePifOgUGc 尼

From an original attempt at Speech and Debate1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡzRnIS4z1pN 尼

So I tossed it into the contest pile1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeWs2NEKk8 尼

While helping teachers compile the other1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4hlljdL3Z 尼

Entries for some fair.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmleXQ8fR8 尼

--Poetry—Really?—I won?1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KLlOYcJa9 尼

First place in a fair, ribbon and all?1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42pRPlkOLJ 尼

I don’t remember winning anything else before1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0NBJL7Jym 尼

Maybe there was something about this1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3pSfxKKxo 尼

Something I could get people to look at1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1i9zZMeUY 尼

What a selfish thought I know.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfu9p6g0Bi 尼

--Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5ib9ZuLyX 尼

I was the middle finger of five children1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJaU74RZYy 尼

With a mother that couldn’t stand me1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡdd1B3kfVoI 尼

With a father that crushed me with expectations1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡllWlIhdNdh 尼

That he didn’t know how to help me with1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoz0gERHGj 尼

I was unhappy, un-medicated, and angry1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN7uHFRo8e 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0K4wWAGYI 尼

Suddenly, poetry was what kept me above water1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAUJMzPqfz 尼

Even when writing short stories failed1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BIbQVnbLv 尼

This same concept I laughed at years before1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNtiOnrhCb 尼

And dreaded when mentioned in poetry class,1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVN6GYxMEj 尼

But they never talked about Ginsberg there1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQ5O1npIm2 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡUz0VNGogtk 尼

I had trouble learning to read and write1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9KURkDxq0Y 尼

And had to work harder at it than everyone else1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡhs2djiX2RE 尼

But after a rough start I just got rolling1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0PXA6vUMr 尼

I was always reading and always writing1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1Y2FbpI0y 尼

But I always envied the naturals.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvR6Co2J9V 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Doubt1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XEQT0IWOn 尼

I question it every day, even as I write1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡOD7Inx61X6 尼

Is this really what I should be doing1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡweQu5kieVO 尼

There’s a world to see, places to go,1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFmKMt0T3F 尼

And yet I lock myself in my room and thoughts1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRdhl1pPdc 尼

But without it, maybe my heart would stop1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNC9PJWOoR 尼

Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wUe1EDjmW 尼

I haven’t found love yet1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpHGqRGN10 尼

I still feel starved for it sometimes1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGOhdcgkSQ 尼

So love poems are out of the question1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡgY4b5ZW0xG 尼

For the time being I won’t write them1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhr0N4ySjg 尼

I can’t write love poems, but I love poems1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4V8HfnvaU 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love—Finish.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAXdsUVGLh 尼

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