Good-bye Bolles
These past three years have gone by fast.
The first year was hard to adjust.
Good-bye to Bolles I say at last.
Sharing my memories is a must.
The first year was hard to adjust.
A face so different from the rest.
Sharing my memories is a must.
I used to think this was a test.
A face so different from the rest.
“Difference bounds anyone to be alone” (Huxley 137).
I used to think this was a test.
It seemed my classmates’ hearts were stone.
“Difference bounds anyone to be alone” (Huxley 137).
Tearing people down, it was so cruel;
It seemed my classmates’ hearts were stone.
I’m glad that I’m done with this school.
Tearing people down, it was so cruel,
Talking about people behind their backs (Hurston 3).
I’m glad that I’m done with this school.
It’s sad, but these are the true facts.
Talking about people behind their backs (Hurston 3).
People have two sides to them.
It’s sad, but these are the true facts.
But I won’t sit here and condemn.
People have two sides to them.
“I used to make fun of the blind” (Carver 456).
But I won’t sit here and condemn.
I learned that I need to be kind.
“I used to make fun of the blind” (Carver 456).
“I was jealous of my best friend” (Knowles 25).
I learned that I need to be kind.
I thought the friendship should just end.
“I was jealous of my best friend” (Knowles 25).
“I bore of her after a while” (Krakauer 96).
I thought the friendship should just end,
Did I need her to help me smile?
“I bore of her after a while” (Krakauer 96).
Her friendship did make years go by.
Did I need her to help me smile?
I say good-bye with a big sigh.
Her friendship did make years go by.
These past three years have gone by fast.
I say good-bye with a big sigh.
Good-bye to Bolles I say at last.
Works Cited
Carver, Raymond. "Cathedral." Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Ed. Robert
DiYanni. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. 455-465. Print.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: Harper Perennial Modern
Classics, 2006. Print.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006. Print. Knowles, John. A Separate Peace. New York: Scribner, 2003. Print.
Krakauer, Jon. Into the Wild. New York: Villard, 1996. Print.
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