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The Way Middle School Kids Read

April 6, 2015
By GirlThatWrites GOLD, Needham, Massachusetts
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&quot;Ain&#039;t no rhyme or reason, no complicated meaning, ain&#039;t no need to over think it, let go laughing...&quot;<br /> -Sugarland &quot;It Happens&quot;

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There’s nothing pretty about it:
They’ll claim a book,
Brand nicknames on all three sides
As if the book might walk away
Or lose itself in tall grass, as dumb as a cow.
The bookmark? A slice
To the top of the page, unthinking
As a kick to a rock on a dirt road.
And some so quick to break the spine
The way they’ve broken hearts
With too few words, or with false ones.
If the book is large,
It can be laid flat lazily on a desk
So they wouldn’t even have to touch it,
Just lift a finger to flip a page, halfheartedly,
Like signally a truck to dump it’s load.

© Kristen G., Pompton Plains, NJ

The author's comments:

I wrote this in English class while watching everyone read the assigned chapters in our book. I didn't quite have the time to finish, but I hope this made you think about how YOU read.

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