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All I Need Is a Friend MAG

January 28, 2009
By Ryan Moran BRONZE, Mt. Prospect, Illinois
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Books fill up my room.
Not baseball cards,
or pictures of girls,
or basketballs.
Maybe a blown up picture of …
… Pam Anderson might help.

Black-framed glasses
and a white,
pale,
lanky
body.
I should start working out.

At least I can read.
I read four books a day last summer.
The librarian,
80-year-old Mrs. Woodsworth,
she knows my middle name.
If only I had a real friend.
I am sick of seeing her old,
bony,
pale body.
Although it resembles mine.

The kids at school laugh.
Is it the way I dress?
Lacoste,
Ralph Lauren,
La Tigre.
I’ve tried every designer out there.
Staying in the house really saves me money.
My stupid rich parents give me $50 a week for lunch.
$50 times 36 weeks …
what is that?
$1,000,
$2,000,
$10,000?
I should probably know.
Straight A’s 12 years in a row
and counting.

With all of this,
or none of this –
it depends how you look at it –
all I need is a friend.

© Mariana O., Tecate, CA

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would love to be your friend with writing like that.

don't let those kids laugh at you.

they don't know what they're missing.

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oh wowo this poem is awesome i can tell exactly what u was feelin keep it up!!
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Hyi do yu wnt to be friends
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its awesome
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Im commenting on this cuz its good, and becuz i really hate the daddys womb poem. I want this one to be the new one tht shows up everyday that i get on the computer! >.<
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i looooveeeeei t!!! ill be ur friend! you would be my BEST friend. :)
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LOVE THAT PIC
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I will be your friend! :) Loved the poem! :)
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You know sometimes people laugh and make fun of you because there jealous of you. So they put you down to make themselves feel good or look cool. So dont worry about it. I'll be your friend.
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I LOVE THIS!! It explains how the life of an out cast is! I'm an out cast at my school. ( But not the rich part) :D
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i know exactly how you feel. and i thought i had found a friend but our first fight, i sat by the phone all night waiting...because i guess i didn't know how to act.
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i'm sure there's people out there who truly do want to be your friend. all you have to do is look. and try a little.

 

you sound nice enough. i'd be your friend.

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i used to feel this way but i found my alternate dimension in the books i read and my grades (still) sucked.

i could never find the words for it.

thank you

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I'll be your friend ^-^ <3 :D
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Sad and yet so tru. Who cares if u hav nice clothes w/o frends. I agree
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AWWW this so sad... :( but I love the poem it makes me cry just like meant it to!! I love how you places the word and the word choice!! and I agree every one needs a friend hope you got ONE!!!! :) 

keep writing your really really good I loved the poem sooo much!

<3

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i need a friend to, unlike you, i'm stuck pennyless sometimes, and waiting for my next book escape. but bacisly, we could be friends if we met, hope you find some real good bestfriends.