• How I’m Not Like All The Other Boys

    Oh, let me count the ways:
    I cannot shoot a basketball,
    I cannot sketch your face,
    I don’t kiss pretty girls,
    I don’t play petty games,
    I won’t ever win a game of Smash Bros,
    And I won’t ever drop my masks.
    I think I laugh too much,
    And I think I smile too large,
    I have a coat of dusky scars, from acne not from war,
    I have stretch marks, bone spurs, heat rash and
    I guess this is rosacea, the bloodrush from my mother’s side,
    (And I guess my face is prone to catching fire)
    I have never been inside a school bus,
    And I have never had a secret, at least not
    A secret more than this:

    I struggle with
    speaking
    like I’m
    reading
    two / of / lines / poetry
    of / two / poetry / lines
    simultaneous.

    /Special/ is the word you’d use
    For someone you just can’t quite understand.
    But that’s not what I am:
    I can’t shoot a basketball and
    I think I laugh too much.
    Is that so hard to understand?

    Lukas Quinn

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    Voting ends June 23, 2025 11:59pm

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    • Lukas, I love everything about this poem! The way you described your trouble with speaking as being similar to trying to read two lines of poetry at the same time helped me understand a little more about what you experience. You may not be like everyone else, but you are you, and that is enough! Thank you for sharing your experience!

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