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ITS OK........

April 28, 2026

ITS OK that i got a 22% on an algebra tests ITS OK that the boy i like is in a situationship with a girl he's never talked to in real life ITS OK that all my friends like someone that likes them back and i'm alone ITS OK i didn't get the solo in chorus ITS OK that i'm never anyone's first pick as best friend ITS OK that I give so much when no one puts in the same effort for me BUT, i'm supposed to be the straight-a student, the one who everyone loves the one who is the first chair alto the one with a ton of friends BUT, that's ok, because everyone else is happy, IT DOESN'T MATTER that i'm drowning in school work IT DOESN'T MATTER i want someone to love me IT DOESN'T MATTER i didn't get the part I worked so hard for IT DOESN'T MATTER that I would take a bullet for any of my friends "BUT, ITS OK, IT DOESN'T MATTER", right?

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Deeply personal, autobiographical struggles with identity and rejection.

Dense accumulation of specific grievances; rapid-fire idea delivery per 10 lines.

Overwhelmingly negative; despair masked by false acceptance, ending in ironic deflation.

Escalating intensity through repetition and caps; builds toward emotional eruption.

22 lines; falls in 16-30 range, moderate-length poem.

Minimal ornamentation; mostly declarative. 'Drowning' is sole extended metaphor.

Pure lyric voice; internal emotional confession, no narrative or dramatic shift.

ITS OK........

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