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A Poem About Me

By Chloe GilholyPublished 9 years ago • 1 min read

My name is Chloe

Amongst other things

Named after someone

From Home and Away

My family calls me sweet things

Like honey, sugar plum

And every confection under the sun

Bullies called me more sour things

Like fatty and lots of swear words

Saw some the other day

Plodding to the Job Centre

That's karma for them

My friends call me Chlobo

The Miss Green Tea

Ever since college

Now I'm at work

They just call me Chlo

My closest pals call me a

Sister from another mother

I'm a godmother to Jade's Son

My Greatnan, nearly a centenarian

Gave me a card saying congratulations

On the birth of your granddaughter

I haven't got kids yet!

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About the Creator

Chloe Gilholy

I live in Oxfordshire. Visited 20+ countries. I've written a couple of poetry books and also published a dystopian novel called Game of Mass Destruction and a horror novella called Heavenly Seas.

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    Written by Chloe Gilholy