Ad Infinitum, Forever, For Ever and Ever
this story will be told and
retold
eternally, endlessly, ad infinitum, forever, for ever
about school yard politics, or should I say school yard bullying
it started for me in elementary school
I was different in this public school of adolescent
annoying, power hungry kids
I was part Ojibwe, a girl very quiet and shy
I was bullied, isolated, shunned
it was irritating, exasperating, maddening
my eyes were full of sadness for the sorrow I had been through
already
but the bullies did not care
about any of that it took courage to be there
I was made to feel small
and I just wanted to be left alone
each day
I felt insignificant and of no importance
in the school yard I was ridiculed, called awful names
girls would walk behind me, giggling, whispering
saying things like "she thinks she is an Indian Princess"
or "look at her ugly clothes"
(that was probably TRUE my cloths were second hand)
the boys were even more obnoxious
when
I went to high school
it was not much better I was cursed from day one
but found a friend in a Cree boy
we would sit talking about our culture and stuff
for hours our heads together ignoring everyone else
he gave me strength
he said, I was beautiful inside and out and to never change
to this day we remain friends
anyways
over one summer something happened to me
my hips flared I suddenly had a SHAPE
the bullies tried to abuse me
but I refused to fall to chronic defeat
and somehow I had grown some confidence
and was able to just ignore them
when a bothersome, troublesome, irksome girl called me
an INDIAN PRINCESS
I spun around long raven hair twirling
and said "thank you".
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March 27, 2017
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School Yard Politics
Lewis Raynes
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Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2017
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