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nparlett submitted a contest entry to Write a letter or poem to your younger self sharing what you love most about him/her 1 months, 4 weeks ago
You Were Weird
You were weird
And quiet
And you might have been a beastYour parents had prayed for an angel
When you arrived, spent and vacant
You opened your mouth
And no song rang out
Just a confused sort of yelpYou morphed into an eight-year-old human girl
Changed your clothes three times a day
Spun wheels of stories
Cried without soundsYour mother said it was time to start showering
After coming indoor, greasy and breathlessYour father never looked at you the same
Once he caught your legs sprouting spikes of hair
He told his Wife to hand you the family razorBut you continued to smell like grass
Pretending the trees were friends
The dogs, your sistersWhen you began middle school
You wrote love poems for your teachers
Tried out for basketball
They sent you to get tested for scoliosis
and the droolBut you howled the loudest in spring musical
Made fellow hairy friends
Who would later hunt you downBut snarled and unkempt
Starry-eyed and smellyYou kept
becomingYou are weird
And quiet
And you might be a beast.Voting starts September 27, 2024 12:00am
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Noelle, this is such a creative piece. Despite being different from others, I am so happy that you always stayed true to yourself and didn’t back down even when others were against you. Being weird is cool! A world full of identical people would be so boring, so it is important to stand out from the crowd! Great work ♥
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