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doll
you’re just a porcelain doll,
getting others to fall at your very feet.
good perfume and pearls you make their head whirl,
now you’re going to make them never want to leave.
they toss you and make your wilting body shriek,
your eyes are black, and you never feel defeat.
they do what they want and you certainly don’t care,
as long as they give you a gram and get out of your hair.
your nose is so sore
from snorting that snow.
and following up you take that hell dust,
making your skin dull and never glow.
oh, how you love being played with
by all of your friends,
they give you so much candy,
to make you feel like you are ten.
once. again.

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This poem comes from my book, reflections: a teen’s poems about navigating love and heartbreak in the shadow of trauma, mental illness, and a broken family. All of my emotions and memories are fit into the book's pages. It is almost like a diary, and I feel this book was my way of letting go of the past; the thing I’ve been gripping onto for many years. I started writing this book as a way to cope, and it has helped me heal.