"I don't know how they do it. I don't know how anybody does it, waking up every morning and eating and moving from the bus to the assembly line, where the teacher-bots inject us with Subject A and Subject B, and passing every test they give us. Our parents provide the list of ingredients and remind us to make healthy choices: one sport, two clubs, one artistic goal, community service, no grades below a B, because really, nobody's average, not around here. It's a dance with complicated footwork and a changing tempo.
I'm the girl who trips on the dance floor and can't find her way to the exit. All eyes on me."
-"Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
I'm the girl who trips on the dance floor and can't find her way to the exit. All eyes on me."
-"Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Last seen on Nov 18 7:54 AM. Member since April 28, 2005.
- I'm a jade dragon poet for 263 comments.
- My mood is , and quote is "100.7".
- I am a 22 year old woman (United States)
- When I'm not writing, I'm walking.
- I am in the groups Beautiful Minds Dark Addictions, Eating Disorders, Frustration With Society, PinUp Doll Disasters
- I have 263 comments, 5 contests, 88 poems, 1 story
My Poetry
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There's no fresh air around here anymore
and if there were, the hope it would provide -
You must not speak of this anymore
How I keep going back32 lines, September 15. In Friendship -
There's my sister with her adolescent ill-concealed contempt
A brave sort of impatience that I haven't found my place
My Stories
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She knew it was his car before it passed her. As soon as the headlights washed over her and her shadow lengthened dauntingly on the sidewa
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Fashionista on June 12can u plz take a 2nd & read & comment my poem "Unbeautiful" just need an honest opinion
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Balldinger on May 27i bet you were born in August...just a wild guess...
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False Ideology on May 23your pic
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hollowriver on May 4if you write poems about eating disorders check out my contest
I'm in real need of a good one
people don't seem to know how to write about Eating disorder not otherwise specified.
stay strong with love
poetry lift your spirits
