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A Farewell
December 2, 2010
Think like a nerd
My father told me to do this
How am I supposed to accomplish this task?
Should I don bottle cap glasses?
Or what about suspenders?
Should I attain a voice reminiscent of Urkel?
Should I model my life after Hawkings and Einstein?
Shall I begin to change my identity to succumb to an identity of another?
I believe I already have.
Every day I begin to realize that more and more of my real self is gone
I do not know what is I and what is a concoction of ideals
It is daunting knowing that I’m fading
Fading into a sea of normal
Good-bye.
© Halsey S., Marblehead, MA
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Gettysburg63 PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 30 2010 at 12:43 am
Nice poem, I visited Gettysburg last spring break. It's a great town. I loved wandering the battlefield. I sure wish I could see the massive re-enactment there.
