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Sixth Grade Workaholic

You are entitled, they say

I asked for too much on christmas.

I asked for time, and wished for difference.

 

She stands on stilts and judges outsiders

This is all for you, she claims

From behind the shattered window pain.

 

I gave birth to you, she says.

You are an adult.

Scratch that.

You are a child.

Strikethrough.

You are a burden.

 

I am crippled without her

I am broken when she's near

She doesn't want to hear

 

She's too far gone.

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Jan 18, 2012
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