for the record,
I get up at 5:45 every day
try to make myself pretty
and shuffle off to school.

I stumble into Spanish at 7:29
because school starts at 7:30
and being late means detention.

I wait for 6.5 hours
then practice theatre for 4
and if I correct your grammar,
it’s because I love

words
and how they are not math
and the power they hold.

this is not Perfect
it’s not Superior, or controversial
but it’s Something
and it’s Mine.