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My passion is ...

my family and writing.

Why I write ...

If I don't write, I get very cranky and am not fun to be around.

My first job ...

was at my best friend's parent's greenhouse and floral shop.

My inspiration ...

little things in life usually inspire me to write.

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: High school

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Those Boys

In high school,
it was always
the boys
with long-lacquered hair,
who drove
old Novas and El Caminos,
and wore ripped faded Levis,
with heavy keychains
attached at the belt loops,
who looked like
Springsteen songs,
who took auto mechanics and metal shop
and said,
'ow you doo'n
and smelled like cheap aftershave.

It was always
those boys
who wanted to
marry me.

I would slide
folded,
lined,
pieces of notebook paper
into the vents of their lockers
with the single word

No.

written in red ink
across them.

Because I
was waiting
for the perf...

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