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A Depressing Smile

December 3, 2015
By John_Malpe GOLD, Highland, Indiana
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People say that I write a lot
of depressing
things.

they ask
me why
and I tell them
that I can smile
and everybody
likes it
and smiles back
but when I frown
everybody frowns
and we're all
sad together
and that's no
fun at all

so
I write
a lot of
depressing
things

it seems that
when people
read my
depressing things
they smile
just like
they'd smile
if I were
smiling

but i'm not
really smiling

i'm watching their eyes move
hoping they understand

but they don't
they just nod and smile
and say that
I did a good job

what is a good job?

is it making people
smile even though
you want them to frown
with you?

i don't think
that i
do a good job

so I keep
smiling
and pretending and
making everyone
think that
they should
smile too

it's much
harder to frown
when no
one else
is

so i'll keep
writing my
depressing things
and hope
that someday
someone will
frown with me

then i will know
that i've done a
good job

and maybe i'll
even eat
some
ice cream

that might
make me
smile

© Bianca A., Damascus, MD

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