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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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First of all, I want to say that if you let Him, God will be a better friend than anybody you'll ever meet.
With the most important thing stated, now I want to talk about the piece itself. Well written. Definitely well written. And if you stay true to yourself, not pretending to be something you're not, you'll find true friends.
Most of my friends are the exact way you describe yourself, except that they act crazy and do whatever instead of trying to fit in. And they fit in perfectly with the other people like them!!
Your life is quite like mine.
Together as friends we both will be fine.
This is really good. I liked the repititon of 'all I need is a friend', it made the poem.
Also, I liked how you went into great detail to describe the narrators appearance. It made it a lot easier to picture and it made me want to call someone I know might need a friend.
Great job :) :)
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