She Is...

J.M. Romig
Author: J.M. Romig
Word Count: 208
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She Is...

Disclaimer: this poem will make you feel a little uncomfortable – if I have succeeded in my task. Not because of content, but solely because of the style in which I chose to construct it.

let me know if you have any criticisms about this.

She Is... belongs to the following groups:

! Creative Writing & Poetry !, Original Characters and Something To Say

She is
faded blue jeans
with holes in the knees
a dirty white t-shirt
covered in mustard stains and engine grease
on any given Saturday

She is
black fingernail polish on a Tuesday
because she wants people to wonder
short skirts in church
to make the choir boys’ minds wander

She is
jealous of the girl who has
the boy she didn’t want
the lies she tells her friends
about the guy she hasn’t slept with yet
that cool bando chick
misplaced like lost money
unexpected, but refreshingly so

She is
a tongue piercing that she got when she was stoned
that she takes out around authority figures
‘cause her parents do not know
the mistakes she will evidently make
as she will learn and grow
eventually going to tell them the truth
maybe

She is
trying to make you uncomfortable
just to see you squirm

She is
intelligent, and strong in her demeanor
throwing off the curve in all her classes
expelled for kicking some cheerleaders’ asses
in love with her history teacher

She is
poetry that breaks all the rules
the girl all the bad guys want
but won’t admit to
a guilty pleasure

She is
all of the above
none of it
and more

  • CDeblin

    CDeblin

    Hi JM,
    I did enjoy your poem, it flowed well and seemed to explain the modern teenage girl pretty well actually – at least the ones I’ve seen!
    Thank you for sharing it on RB!
    Kind regards from (an open-minded) Cobie :-)

  • J.M. Romig replied

    Thanks so much for your kind words!

  • billfox256

    billfox256

    I confess that I have never understood women, whether alone girls, but I really enjoyed this piece, Bill

  • J.M. Romig replied

    thank you!

  • Moniquitacute

    Moniquitacute

    Wow! Great writing J.M.!!! :)

  • J.M. Romig replied

    Thanks

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