Poems from finchlings
My name is Jessica and all I can truthfully say about myself is that: a) I am insufferable, b) I take myself too seriously most of the time, c) Being tired isn’t a feeling so much as a character trait, and d) I will fight you if you wanna go, if you know what I mean. I listen to too much music and don’t do enough homework, I think science is amazing and math can quite literally go die somewhere far away from me, and I enjoy chocolate-covered marshmallows.
That’s it. That’s my biography.
Do you write because you
like the way that people look at you
when you say, proudly,
I am a poet
or is it because there is a girl
or a boy...
if a boy calls you weak
remind him that you are strong enough to
hide his corpse in the woods
I know a girl who
owns an entire bookshelf of
poetry books,
but never reads them
for fear of mussing the pages
or staining the paper covers...