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All I Need Is a Friend MAG

January 28, 2009
By Ryan Moran BRONZE, Mt. Prospect, Illinois
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Books fill up my room.
Not baseball cards,
or pictures of girls,
or basketballs.
Maybe a blown up picture of …
… Pam Anderson might help.

Black-framed glasses
and a white,
pale,
lanky
body.
I should start working out.

At least I can read.
I read four books a day last summer.
The librarian,
80-year-old Mrs. Woodsworth,
she knows my middle name.
If only I had a real friend.
I am sick of seeing her old,
bony,
pale body.
Although it resembles mine.

The kids at school laugh.
Is it the way I dress?
Lacoste,
Ralph Lauren,
La Tigre.
I’ve tried every designer out there.
Staying in the house really saves me money.
My stupid rich parents give me $50 a week for lunch.
$50 times 36 weeks …
what is that?
$1,000,
$2,000,
$10,000?
I should probably know.
Straight A’s 12 years in a row
and counting.

With all of this,
or none of this –
it depends how you look at it –
all I need is a friend.

© Mariana O., Tecate, CA

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shybuthappy GOLD said...
on Oct. 6 2010 at 8:52 pm
shybuthappy GOLD, Perris, California
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ha... I thought I had it bad. At least She saved me from despair.(f.y.i, not my mom.)

 

rinrin said...
on Oct. 5 2010 at 7:55 am

Just do it! Get out the shell of rich people, be a normal people.

I love ur poem for real.:)

ukloveslife BRONZE said...
on Oct. 4 2010 at 3:25 am
ukloveslife BRONZE, Dubai, Other
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beautiful...i can connect with this poem...not that im all that rich..but i have the inabilty to hear without my hearing aid...thus many frinds drift away from me. ..

yes i have friends..many of them....but they r not my true friends..... they only help me only out of pity........

i too hv written a poem on  a true friend but it hasnt got posted

britttttlynn SILVER said...
on Oct. 3 2010 at 10:12 am
britttttlynn SILVER, Crestline, Ohio
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i think i just fell in love with your words...
Bookworm7 SILVER said...
on Oct. 1 2010 at 9:00 pm
Bookworm7 SILVER, Middletown, New York
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I think this is a well written poem and people should like you for you not your money. :)
PoeticGurl808 SILVER said...
on Sep. 30 2010 at 8:28 pm
PoeticGurl808 SILVER, Bear, Delaware
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Nice poem, I'll be your friend..!

Rubyy3 BRONZE said...
on Sep. 29 2010 at 5:52 pm
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Maybe you can find a friend somewhere because i think everyone makes a real friend sometimes. Its not like it have to be a person you can be friend with your dog or a plant or anything your really close with
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD said...
on Sep. 26 2010 at 7:23 pm
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD, San Clemente, California
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Wow! Sounds like a great book! I am very appreciative of all the big and small things in my life but, the book does sound good and I'll look for it next time  go to the Library or Barnes and Noble. Thanks!
ClarissaCarolina BRONZE said...
on Sep. 26 2010 at 1:05 am
ClarissaCarolina BRONZE, Miami Lakes, Florida
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Adeline Yen Mah.. it makes you appreciate very small things again; so sad, yet very inspirational; i'll check it out :)
awordholdmeaning BRONZE said...
on Sep. 25 2010 at 11:38 pm
awordholdmeaning BRONZE, Long Beach, California
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this is really good, as for needing a friend; sometime in the future you will find someone you can truly relate to you and they will become your best friend
Uranium GOLD said...
on Sep. 25 2010 at 10:50 pm
Uranium GOLD, Charlotte, North Carolina
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To put yourself out like that is bold. You show no fear in exposing yourself and for that you earn my respect. If you are interested i have some poetry up and could use a review
WickedlyLove said...
on Sep. 25 2010 at 8:30 pm
I know how you feel :( I have only one true friend and I don't think he considers me his....
MrSensitive SILVER said...
on Sep. 25 2010 at 8:14 pm
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very nice...i would be your friend lol
passion.fable14 SILVER said...
on Sep. 25 2010 at 5:37 pm
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aww that was really neat! i really liked it! ....don't listen to futurewriter. i think that you did everything well, and the more description the better!!!! and does it matter weather or not your "phrasing is incoherent" or not? all that matters is what meanings that the reader gets from reading your work and i definataly got some meanng! that was great!
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD said...
on Sep. 25 2010 at 11:14 am
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD, San Clemente, California
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By the way this comment is for futurewrtiter but, Lilacs_smell Wonnerful has a pretty avatar picture.
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD said...
on Sep. 25 2010 at 11:12 am
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD, San Clemente, California
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&ldquo;I could give up, I could stay stuck, or I could move on, So I put one foot front of the other, No no no nothing&rsquo;s gonna break my stride, &ldquo; &ndash;David Archuleta (The Other Side of Down)

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Hi, I like your username it's awesome. I think everyone on Teenk Ink is a future writer though, but still awesome.
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD said...
on Sep. 25 2010 at 11:10 am
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD, San Clemente, California
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&ldquo;I could give up, I could stay stuck, or I could move on, So I put one foot front of the other, No no no nothing&rsquo;s gonna break my stride, &ldquo; &ndash;David Archuleta (The Other Side of Down)

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Who's the author of that book? I've read cinderella but not Chines CInderella? What's it about? Have you read the Book: The Woman Warrior? I had to read it for school.
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD said...
on Sep. 25 2010 at 11:09 am
Alice_in_Wonderland GOLD, San Clemente, California
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;I could give up, I could stay stuck, or I could move on, So I put one foot front of the other, No no no nothing&rsquo;s gonna break my stride, &ldquo; &ndash;David Archuleta (The Other Side of Down)

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Wow! Great job! i agreee that books are awesome. It's so fun to read books and to get to knoqw the characters then, when the character gets hurt, you feel sad because you feel like you knew the character.
ClarissaCarolina BRONZE said...
on Sep. 25 2010 at 1:24 am
ClarissaCarolina BRONZE, Miami Lakes, Florida
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You know, a lot of kids don't have parents. You should try to appreciate them; add Chinese Cinderella to your reading list, it will help you to value your "stupid rich parents"..
bluegirl440 DIAMOND said...
on Sep. 24 2010 at 9:59 am
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depends on how you look at it....I love that line