I'm a teenage girl, still in high school and relatively inexperienced, but I've been writing poetry for years, and have experimented with prose. I hope to be publishing some of my work as part of a senior project, as well as independently, soon.
I know I bother you
Constantly interrupting your life
Burdening you
When you already worry too much
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They say what you don't know won't hurt you
Maybe so, maybe true
But what if it hurts me?
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I'm so blank
The puppet responds with a delay
Someone says something funny
I laugh
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I'm me but I'm not
I see what's happening around
I know the body exists
I know the name that belongs to it
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