Becoming a poet was kind of an accident1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3FC7VXSYM 尼

Like everything, I bumbled and fumbled1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgKvDGLcZO 尼

And somehow landed where I am now.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡi5fYHaIFpi 尼

It started with stumbling over a meeting1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6Py5AX2ra 尼

In the library with a couple people I knew1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdv9iBxbAO 尼

--Poetry—1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8YRrDceZVB 尼

They said and I laughed1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0HQZX3nZM 尼

When I thought poetry,1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡfr52npCypk 尼

I thought sad, sad girls, and greasy haired boys1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡkTZr0yz2rh 尼

Writing like they lost Lenore1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4a2Ex09PY 尼

Despite being fifteen and allowance takers1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡiugJoeu9D0 尼

--Poetry—Really?1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpQoodqii6 尼

Yet I had a little book of them leftover1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMtMNFY3a9 尼

From an original attempt at Speech and Debate1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCysSAxlEC 尼

So I tossed it into the contest pile1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUlF1HJmSn 尼

While helping teachers compile the other1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXGFPDtEMn 尼

Entries for some fair.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡyojvJ71rls 尼

--Poetry—Really?—I won?1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡPM3BOCXYsq 尼

First place in a fair, ribbon and all?1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYiojVLmH7 尼

I don’t remember winning anything else before1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWZ7K8ZtXS 尼

Maybe there was something about this1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVrbNZKYQi 尼

Something I could get people to look at1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡTstqk6LA19 尼

What a selfish thought I know.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvq8JE8Uza 尼

--Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6IS5RoYxo 尼

I was the middle finger of five children1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6qgjaL47w 尼

With a mother that couldn’t stand me1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmBwWJgowI 尼

With a father that crushed me with expectations1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡGb2G0MLhhn 尼

That he didn’t know how to help me with1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgF3EtQvAM 尼

I was unhappy, un-medicated, and angry1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2sKkLDRjR 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡd3Ac40tjyM 尼

Suddenly, poetry was what kept me above water1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MSsq38mnt 尼

Even when writing short stories failed1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBJF5BXRA6 尼

This same concept I laughed at years before1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bSi5Bgk4K 尼

And dreaded when mentioned in poetry class,1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOr2v5dovd 尼

But they never talked about Ginsberg there1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeN4HGCr8V 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCwP1dv232 尼

I had trouble learning to read and write1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡHPKFCz9J6E 尼

And had to work harder at it than everyone else1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxTZjhX2yA 尼

But after a rough start I just got rolling1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uEKxNS1XQ 尼

I was always reading and always writing1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMvoXapQrw 尼

But I always envied the naturals.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51JQ8kmoHC 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Doubt1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YZCTljeHk 尼

I question it every day, even as I write1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡbamVwDw2t4 尼

Is this really what I should be doing1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYxCW1dYXs 尼

There’s a world to see, places to go,1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡexgO03d7of 尼

And yet I lock myself in my room and thoughts1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIGij9djkK 尼

But without it, maybe my heart would stop1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JBDab4124 尼

Poetry—Really?—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBxXytV9QJ 尼

I haven’t found love yet1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PWBiqTG4c 尼

I still feel starved for it sometimes1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwKZG0504K 尼

So love poems are out of the question1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡeaWj89c9iJ 尼

For the time being I won’t write them1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgGFJ6GQwD 尼

I can’t write love poems, but I love poems1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvqRisUqkp 尼

Poetry—Really—I won?—Yes—Help—Envy—Doubt—Love—Finish.1234 copyright protection1093ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYPJlkdzya 尼

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