My Alphabet Poem

Wed, 05/16/2018 - 14:54 -- erazack

A is for atheist because I don’t believe in God, apples because my grandfather used to give me apples in the morning for breakfast and my best friend Alex.

B is for bananas that my grandfather used to make in to smiley faces for me, but it’s also for the ballet lessons I used to take.

C is for one of my favorite movies, Carrie and it also stands for the amount of cultural appropriation in America that I’m against.

D is for how I suffer from clinical depression.

E is for Elaina because it’s my first name but also my grandmothers, but it is also for the eating disorder that I have.

F is for fat, which is what kid used to call me in school and for what I call myself, my grandfather Fearonce and for feminism because I’m a feminist.

G is for how I support gun control, but I also support the second amendment.

H is for how public school was hell.

I is for the time I dyed my hair indigo, my dad Imron and for how I’m half Indian.

J is for my grandmother Jennifer and my best friend Jessie.

K is for the karate lessons I used to take.

L is for how I don’t like leg tattoos.

M is for how I like to learned about different muders watching Investigation Discovery with my grandmother

N is for my sister Nisha and how I’ve dyed my hair a total of nine times.

O is for how my Indian grandparents tried to oppress my black mom

P is for my philtrum(medusa) piercing, but it’s also for my premature birth.

Q is for Queens, NY, which is where I’m from.

R is for Razack, my dad’s last name.

S is for my mom Scherry, but it’s also for the stretch marks that are riddled on my body.

T is for Tyson, which is my mom’s last name, tea because I drink a lot of tea but also for how I want a bunch of tattoos.

U is for the universal health care that I support.

V is for how I used to play volleyball.

W is for the college I attend, Western State Colorado University.

X is for how my uncle used to take Xanax for his anxiety and eventually overdosed on it

Y is for hoe I have a yearning to get away from my family.

Z is for how I used to watch zombie movies with my mom and sister.

 

 

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My family

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