Becoming a poet was kind of an accident1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkNCNlBCi9 尼

Like everything, I bumbled and fumbled1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡLasL5yz5Ph 尼

And somehow landed where I am now.1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9JYlHoVDo 尼

It started with stumbling over a meeting1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRjBd2ov7D 尼

In the library with a couple people I knew1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡgh23kz2R5p 尼

--Poetry—1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8St4GzQ4j 尼

They said and I laughed1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDV3rfjBwL 尼

When I thought poetry,1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡuKR7xZ1Rnc 尼

I thought sad, sad girls, and greasy haired boys1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTC2ULuLE7 尼

Writing like they lost Lenore1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡszPoQsy0aP 尼

Despite being fifteen and allowance takers1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlI6AJt9Vr 尼

--Poetry—Really?1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbFOImGgTh 尼

Yet I had a little book of them leftover1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXinNWrcWO 尼

From an original attempt at Speech and Debate1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRP6QfJU7y 尼

So I tossed it into the contest pile1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNponf1xov 尼

While helping teachers compile the other1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡfaQ9SaDvDn 尼

Entries for some fair.1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1Kc19kdHj 尼

--Poetry—Really?—I won?1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDpyIx4HpH 尼

First place in a fair, ribbon and all?1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1sI0r017m 尼

I don’t remember winning anything else before1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5R7Eo46Oog 尼

Maybe there was something about this1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRlBi1rK94 尼

Something I could get people to look at1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAqMjOAXc6 尼

What a selfish thought I know.1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrUkEUGqpT 尼

--Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡB80q7fAm7B 尼

I was the middle finger of five children1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡBngYQ3X9P0 尼

With a mother that couldn’t stand me1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgRTEUINkY 尼

With a father that crushed me with expectations1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uKreqTFUX 尼

That he didn’t know how to help me with1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjHLmMDoYU 尼

I was unhappy, un-medicated, and angry1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqDIVX3U0K 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡLv8wWz3ALd 尼

Suddenly, poetry was what kept me above water1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡz36XCR1O8P 尼

Even when writing short stories failed1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2DVB4Ecjw 尼

This same concept I laughed at years before1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡxebHnafEzU 尼

And dreaded when mentioned in poetry class,1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNT63jxiOu 尼

But they never talked about Ginsberg there1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSy7Pm0NKM 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqy4cAHn4l 尼

I had trouble learning to read and write1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsloCQVzwq 尼

And had to work harder at it than everyone else1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWThEcBKap 尼

But after a rough start I just got rolling1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPzIn68ejC 尼

I was always reading and always writing1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡp99XRxoCK6 尼

But I always envied the naturals.1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DF9z7ARpW 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Doubt1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uypXCNHl4 尼

I question it every day, even as I write1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwtg55sMA5 尼

Is this really what I should be doing1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrvCzREpeY 尼

There’s a world to see, places to go,1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡGV86qZEsON 尼

And yet I lock myself in my room and thoughts1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1l2fsYH8uq 尼

But without it, maybe my heart would stop1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡugcrpYpN4a 尼

Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡalTgfZ8rFA 尼

I haven’t found love yet1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6VfJwo6tu 尼

I still feel starved for it sometimes1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvYCdqhISz 尼

So love poems are out of the question1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ65QErAHJ5 尼

For the time being I won’t write them1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWldFwjQu0 尼

I can’t write love poems, but I love poems1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4OBE0rZSh 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love—Finish.1234 copyright protection1092ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxzoNjP2Ts 尼

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