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Who are the children
Who are the kids I’ve grown up with
Who are we if not awake till 3 in the morning
Finishing homework that we know we'll get a bad score on
Because, god, how could we focus?
Police buttons in our classrooms,
Resource officers roaming the halls,
Bulletproof pull-out walls to cover our doors.
1 drill a month, practicing huddling in corners and staying silent
Suicide hotline numbers are written on our student id’s because
The school knows they aren’t doing a good job.
It’s getting announcements that there was a student who tragically passed away
Who are these happy kids I grew up with
We are all slugging away at the goal of making
It through the day
Starving, harming, and neglecting our bodies
Painting our bodies like it is an art class
We’re ruining ourselves over grades and sports
I’m watching the end.
At least it feels like it.
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I've missed 40 days of school already- someone needs to like force me to go.