Cute but Dangerous

If you killed

someone out there

I know you’d find a way

out of it

you’ll toss your hair

straight as the horses’ manes

that you smirked at me once

for coloring

wrong

but I know

you can do the splits better

than I could ever dream

you’re awesome

I’m not

for failing

the test you aced

last period, in math

we ignored each other

again

this week there’s a reason

I’m sitting alone

pretending to look busy

proving to nobody

that I’m as good as you are

at dancing and drawing

and keeping best friends

you stole from me

the loner of the crowd of course

she likes you more, you’re cooler

and funnier and happier

you stole her from me

the kid that looks back

in my bedroom mirror

doesn’t dare wear pink anymore

she’s dead and buried

you found a way out

and you slammed the door

shut up we haven’t met before.