Just because I said
I liked *a* girl
Doesn't mean I like
All girls or
Girls exclusively.
Don't assume.
Author notes
After reading this a couple times I realized it is somewhat similar to Ani Difranco's "In or Out" - only shorter. Which is why I put it on our reading list 
UPDATE: THIS POEM IS GOING TO BE PUBLISHED!!!
Written June 15th, 2004
A contest entry
- free verse by .
300 points, ended August 14, 2004, 22 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
Comments
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I liked this one alot. Reminds me of myself and I love the title.
Cool that you are being published
Love D.L.
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Great piece- well done for having it published
Keep writing, this is a very strong piece- although I do like a girl and girls exclusively (unlike you, who I assume from this piece are bi, sorry for assuming ) doesn't mean I like all girls.
All the best
Pozo
Edited on Dec 20, 3:07 p.m. because ''. -
Tomboy
nice job nicely written keep up the good work "BS" -
nice Elsie! where are you publishing this? can't wait to see it! keep on writing.. pen
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Thanks so much Andy. Very true...i never thought of that. Thanks for the comment!
~Elsie -
ASS|U|ME.....great write!
I must applaude this one as well. Prejudice and bias suck a very large something, though I'm not quite sure what it is at the moment. And people should never assume. You do know what assume means, don't you?
ASSUME = ASS|U|ME
so when you ASSUME, you make an |ASS| out of |U| and |ME|.
Great write!
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interesting poem here. VEry original. HM. i liked it, good write.
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Good point. You can't like everybody - otherwise we'd all be running around like polygynandrous bonobos. I don't like David that way though..haha, we are just good friends, although there have been rumors that seem to suggest otherwise. Thanks for your comments and suggestions!
~Elsie -
I suppose because you like david doesn't mean you like all guys either. Would have been nice to add somehting along that to it. I do agree with the rest short and to the point(sweet)
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Yours is a very telling poem that simply makes its point clear without all the emotional mamby pambying around. Hope David doesn't make the same mistake twice.
I like it. I like it.
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I really like this poem. it conveys your meaning and just brings the point home. Great job
Arron
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this is great! Yeah, there are way too many assumptions in the world. People are so weird sometimes the way they see things.
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Really? Men may tolerate (or even like) female homosexuality, but in pop culture, I think there are more sitcoms and other shows about gay men than lesbians. But thanks for the comment!
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Men, what they think they know, and what they know are two different things. They never listen to the all of the story, they pick out the juicy parts and run with it. nice write.
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i like it- short and sweet and the message is complete.
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I was drawn at first because, well, my name's David.
I like this poem, though (ignoring the fact that it's my mistake, alltogether. ) It touches well on the issue that many people make assumptions on gender and preference when with most people (especially girls, but I think that's just because feminine homosexuality is more tolerated by the society than masculine homosexuality), gender is just a preference, not a be all and end all...
And it certainly points on a lot of similar issues... Thank you for a great read.
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Thank you soooo much for your comment and kind remarks - very much appriciated!
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this is true. I once had a bisexual friend and my mother would say things like "what if she likes you?" and I would always say "just because I like men doesn't mean I like every man I come across. don't be so paranoid."
short but gets the point across. nice job.
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This is lovely, amd I had to smile...a very concise and controlled piece which really got your message across. Short poems usually bother me as they're very often too brief to engage the reader, but this is beautifully compressed whilst being extremely expressive. I liked the repetition on 'girls' throughout the poem: it kept my mind fixed on the subject matter, the root of the piece. And I also liked the last, deceptively simple line: 'don't assume'. A quiet threat? A gentle warning? An angry demand? I like that the tone of this could be adapted depending on the perspective of the reader. Lovely.
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