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Army Boots

March 23, 2012
By aurum_angel BRONZE, Hingham, Massachusetts
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aurum_angel BRONZE, Hingham, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
&#039;I&rsquo;m Nobody! Who are you?<br /> Are you&ndash;Nobody&ndash;Too?<br /> Then there&rsquo;s a pair of us!<br /> Don&rsquo;t tell! they&rsquo;d advertise&ndash;you know!<br /> <br /> How dreary&ndash;to be&ndash;Somebody!<br /> How public&ndash;like a Frog-<br /> To tell one&rsquo;s name&ndash;the livelong June-<br /> To an admiring Bog!&#039;<br /> -Emily Dickinson

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I am from Bethesda Hospital at 4:06 in the morning.
I am from a mom who wore army boots and a dad who traded his father for me.
I am from playing Bob-the-Builder in a Cinderella dress.
I am from jumping rope in the rain.
I am from clay-covered clothes after a friendly fight.

I am from tears on my birthday.
I am from a now forbidden house that was my home.
I am from cardboard boxes and packing paper.
They stole my things then spat them out here.
I am from a hard bench at the back of the playground.

I am from observing but not participating.
I am from "You're crazy, kid".
I am from looking at him when he doesn't look at me.
I am from friends I don't quite understand
And friends who forgot
And friends who don't care.
I am from fear.
I am especially from the hatred I hate to feel.

I am from Not Here
A place no one knows
But me.

The author's comments:
We have a type of poem at my school called an 'I AM FROM' poem, and this is my best attempt at one. Enjoy! Sorry for any spelling errors!
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JPanda13 GOLD said...
on Mar. 28 2012 at 7:05 pm
JPanda13 GOLD, Roswell, New Mexico
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just cuz you put syrup on somin dont make it pancakes<br /> Whoever said sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me, had never been hit with a dictionary

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this was amazing!!! truly tells your inner emotions and the slight pain that occurs once in a while, but the happy moments you remember in your life.