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This Poem Is About Me

Paul's "Explicate My Poem" unofficial challenge

By Cali LoriaPublished 3 months ago • Updated 3 months ago • 1 min read
This Poem Is About Me
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This poem is about me

em tuoba si meop siht

shit.

I think
EVERYTHING is about me

small things

big things

old things

stranger
things

It's not your job
but to that ledger I compare

new things

old

things

stranger things

I have

THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS

-5000

= THIRTY TWO THOUSAND

dollars

of medical debt

and I haven't even
dyed

yet.

I keep a tally

on a yellow

legal

pad

of everything I spend

and it doesn't negate

what I owe

RAPID

city

is in the state where I live

fugue

state

state of affairs

affairs of the heart

heart attack

attack of the killer
tomatoes

tomato soup

soup and salad

salad dressing

dressing up

up up and a

wheye
I dropped the

h

a

n

d

that held me

and I am confined

by control

every day

is a diet

every diet

is a disease

every disease

adds to my

medical

debt

I am the distraction
i am the disaster

I AM THE SCANDAL

once, I was a young girl
(aged 23)

and I fell in love with a boy
(aged 17.999)

and this feels like a crime

but it was not physical

and it was not real

because I was

just looking for attention

and I think he was looking for his

MOTHER.

1-SAFETY10

Hotline

bling.

Understanding the thing

is primitive

few

things

give

me

pleasure

love is purely

punishment

NO ONE

thinks

I AM NOT

okay

I feel so tired
I turned myart

into this writing

and

I

prey

on my

past

I pray

in

c.

ilence.

I'm so tryed

I mean tired

I mean

I tried

or maybe cried

or maybe lied

or

maybe sighed

or maybe

died

not yet

the debts

aren't paid

Thank you for reading.

Watch this space.

MySpace

top eight

I tried

I lied.

That is all I will say.

for now.

Challenge

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Cali Loria

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    Written by Cali Loria