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All I Need Is a Friend MAG
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.
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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.
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
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!
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wow i love this! i hope you find a friend one of these dayss it'll happen and then u'll wonder if life without a friend even existed. trust me we all get in that stage of life.
p.s. keep up ur work kay =)
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