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Poem Details
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| Title: | Normal |
| Author: | jochic1212 |
| Date Submitted: | 8/8/2017 |
| Email: | jaebaebae1212@gmail.com |
| Poem: |
when I was younger, I would do whatever it took To get any attention I could from mom and dad. Sometimes it was good, but usually it was bad. From fifth grade suicide notes To freshman year pregnancy tests, I was plagued the entire time with the simple question: “why can't you be normal?” Normal is a societal label, Normal is a culturally accepted term That regulates what is ‘okay,’ But more than all of the these, Normal is a disease. It gives boys the ‘right’ To “be who they are,” Unless they are ‘too feminine.’ Normal gives girls an understanding of inferiority That they are NOT temples of beauty unless they work at it and that they need to just Shut up and live in fear. Fuck normal. Normal has destroyed far more people than my odd antics ever have or ever will Normal encourages a society of death. It says being perfect is accessible for the right price, And that all other options fail. Life is not a pass or fail multiple choice test! Life is an everlong essay of the history you've created. Normality needs a reality check. So again, fuck normal.... |