namecalling
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Aiming for my confidence they shot the gun,
hitting me with that, “you’re so dumb so ugly so…”
I’m so numb, that’s what I’ve become.
I bit the bullets of words hitting me,
When did it become so wrong?
Despite our desperate need to be strong?
Crazy, weird, spazz, freak
Strange, stupid, loser, geek.
Restless and weary I make my way.
Only to sit for hours on end hearing the same nothings
your snide commentary
about our collective thoughts
puts everyone down
you're the reason
that we dread
coming to your class
If it was the n-word he just said,
you wouldn’t have tolerated it.
If she had put a hand on me,
