Jessica
How to Survive High School
Lie to yourself. Say, “These
are the best days of my life, trapped
in rancid classrooms.” Listen
as women three times your age
spoon feed you facts. Forget them all.
Write yourself rants in a secret
journal, the one with a gold lock
flimsy as your heart. Fling yourself
against nonchalant boys. Regret those rushed
salacious nights. Attempt coarse language.
Feel the fucks and shits
crowd your mouth like marbles. Practice
your elocution by repeating empty promises.
Burn your friends’ faces into your memory.
Dream about them, years later.
This poem was written in response to this week’s Read Write (Word) Prompt. The words I used that were part of the prompt were: rancid, spoon, rant, fling, salacious, coarse, and elocution. You should head on over to RWP to see what everyone else did.
. This was a great read.
