Robert Gorelick Poet Free verse

Transition

Middle school
a failed transition

home screams
tantrums rave

no friends
no basecamp
no allies

upset touchy
twitchy angry
         
guys sneer weirdo
it hurts
       
girls smirk weirdo
it crushes
      
they're a part
I'm apart
            
before school--distressed 
during school--defeated
after school--destroyed

they're cool I'll never be

I don't explode

I implode

12/20/21

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Sami Al-Khalili December 23, 2024 at 6:08 PM Ain’t ever a cliche makes you cry? Now you’ve got the common truth standing or a sufferer bound. Robert Gorelick December 24, 2024 at 9:47 AM "I spent three years of in middle school, and I'm spending the rest of my life getting over it" --Richard Lewis (comedian). My best, Robert

Beryl Edmonds March 29, 2023 at 2:57 PM Robert, I know what it is to implode, to be distressed, defeated, destroyed, yet now the years have flown my heart is my own… Belle Robert Gorelick December 24, 2024 at 9:44 AM Belated thank you for your heart to heart. Your commiseration is quite comforting, Beryl. Happy Holidays! Robert