Poems from finchlings

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My name is Jessica and all I can truthfully say about myself is that: a) I am insufferable, b) I take myself too seriously most of the time, c) Being tired isn’t a feeling so much as a character trait, and d) I will fight you if you wanna go, if you know what I mean. I listen to too much music and don’t do enough homework, I think science is amazing and math can quite literally go die somewhere far away from me, and I enjoy chocolate-covered marshmallows. That’s it. That’s my biography.
Do you write because you like the way that people look at you when you say, proudly, I am a poet or is it because there is a girl or a boy...
if a boy calls you weak remind him that you are strong enough to hide his corpse in the woods
I know a girl who owns an entire bookshelf of poetry books, but never reads them for fear of mussing the pages or staining the paper covers...