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An Awkward Boy
An awkward boy
Just a little peculiar
Almost fourteen
Gangly limbs and skinny build
A scratchy high pitched voice
Sinking
lower
lower
lower.
Never looking at one thing
too
long.
Even
you
him listen
you
eyes
back
forth
a
device an
storm.
when
want
to
to
his
bobble
and
like flotation
in ocean
He speaks as if
he’s not sure
of what he’s saying?
Or even
if he speaks the same language
as you? as me?
Every
Single
Button
Always
Buttoned
Every
Dirty
Hoddie
Zipped
All the way
Hair
Pulled
Forward in
an odd style
he insists.
A wonderful brother
A shining
shimmering
glowing
comet
of a
person.
Bursting
In
Sky!
the
Still an awkward boy
And we share an awkward family love.
Spiderman Comics
Scarlett and canary braces
Pants too short
He is awkward.
Twilight obsession
Chipped purple nails
Nose too long
I am awkward.
Hidden jokes
Stolen silences
Eternal friendship
An awkward love.
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