I wrote that when I was
SEVENTEEN
I forgot how I used to do quotes
I was SO
ANNOYED that I HAD to quote
SOMEONE ELSE
WHY
could I not
JUST
ANALYZE
that I would try to flow them in
I ENJOY reading THAT
I FORGOT
AND
it made me REMEMBER
THIS STORY
OK
I go to school
ELEVENTH grade ENGLISH
first period
MS eichhorn had found out
LIKE maybe last minute
there was this
AREA TWO
writing competition
& they were looking at WHO to send
so they sent
ME and julie grob, & somebody else
I KNEW I think
BUT
I can't remember NOW
and obviously we didn't know ahead of time
& you wouldn't KNOW the theme anyway
it was like
GO
the THEME was
RESILIENCE
(I'm pretty sure, or something that means that, it has been a while)
SO
I did OLD MAN & the SEA
which wasn't FRESH in my HEAD
because I read it at duchesne
in nineth grade
BUT
THAT was WHAT I had to WRITE ABOUT
I was not SURE that I did all that well, but I mean
there wasn't anything riding on it
& THAT book
made me CRY
julie grob
who got her EARS pierced
because I told her
she should
WHICH
honestly FREAKED me OUT a little
she was in classes with me
we were friends
BUT
not like hang out friends
julie was in the media department
I think she did photography too
BUT
MOSTLY writing
SHE did SCARLETT O'Hara (gone with the wind)
I don't know how many people were there
I ONLY vaguely remember
it wasn't hundreds
it might have been
FIFTY
maybe it wasn't that many
it was KINDA fun
to just be
WHISKED AWAY to the AREA TWO
creative writing competition
& get out of all my
ACADEMIC classes for the day
have a exclusive field trip
it didn't HAVE any
YOU have BEEN CHOSEN aspect to it
it was LIKE
HEY
YOU
I just don't access high school memories
very often
ANYWAY
I WON
