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You Dont Know Me.

by EmilyFranco

You're Puerto Rican ? Oh, you're a no sabo.

You’re Dominican ? Oh, you can't speak english. 

You’re 5’5 ? Ew you're tall, tall girls are ugly.

You're a freshman? Aw you're a youngin.

You don't know me.

I know Spanish. Or maybe I don't. You wouldn't know because you don’t know me.

Yes, I'm tall. It's in my genes. But you wouldn't know that because 

You don't know me.

I'm a freshman but I'm very academically smart. But you wouldn't have known that because you don't know ME.

 
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2460b45d-7fff-1c6f-0221-c1f1c97b5630"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">P - </span><span style="font-size: 19pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">oetic</span><span style="font-size: 27pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span><span style="font-size: 19pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Words as calming</span><span style="font-size: 25pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as a rainy day.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2460b45d-7fff-1c6f-0221-c1f1c97b5630"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">O - </span><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ptimism.</span><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The expensive of freely speaking your mind.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2460b45d-7fff-1c6f-0221-c1f1c97b5630"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">E - </span><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">xciting</span><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Exploring the words of a poem can open your mind to another world.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2460b45d-7fff-1c6f-0221-c1f1c97b5630"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">T - </span><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ime.</span><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> All the time in the world to read, write and experience this amazing way of opening your eyes.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2460b45d-7fff-1c6f-0221-c1f1c97b5630"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">R - </span><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ain</span><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. As calming as rain. I&#39;ve seen some on the train. I&#39;ve taken time to relax, sit back, and write.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2460b45d-7fff-1c6f-0221-c1f1c97b5630"><span style="font-size: 28pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Y - </span><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ourself</span><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Self reflecting, Always looking, always stepping forward. I write about myself to self reflect.&nbsp;</span></span></p><div>&nbsp;</div>

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