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This Guy.

August 20, 2023
By Inaaya BRONZE, Oswego, Illinois
Inaaya BRONZE, Oswego, Illinois
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This Guy.


I used to think he was egotistical


Existence is                                                             strange


His existence makes me start to question mine


Egotistical turned ethereal


Even the sheer sight of a        silver sliver        of his self coming to light


Makes me lie awake each night


Existence is                                                             strange


Existential crisis turned elongated cry


Causes me to turn my eyes        to         the           side


Straight away and                           out          of      sight


No matter how hard someone tries, they cannot convince me my existence deserves the


       wait       until       end       times.


As my energy   c

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to the basement hall of the bottom of a vacant     s

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I think to myself

Existence is strange


And this guy makes it even more of a                                                                    pain. 


The author's comments:

I am Inaaya Siddiqui, and I am a senior in high school. I recently discovered poetry when I took Spoken Word the second semester of my Junior year. This is the first poem I've written in a while, and I'm happy that I got the energy to write this piece. It started as a journal entry ranting about my first few days of senior year when I realized this would make a great poem. I would not like to disclose who this poem is about or what feelings this piece is specifically referring to, I will leave that up for interpretation. I hope you enjoy reading this spontaneous-written-past-midnight poem!


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