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Not like him

December 10, 2013
By all10001 BRONZE, Mt. Prospect, Illinois
all10001 BRONZE, Mt. Prospect, Illinois
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Not like him
I’m not like him
I will never be
mom ,dad don't put all of his weight on my shoulders
through the years you said be more like him
look at me
I’m not like him
ap classes
the mass of people that love him
I’m not like him
for one thing he’s a boy
should I dress in his close
will that make me more like him
I’m not like him
a little girl that had to live up to his expiations
lower classes, lower grades, not that much friends
you keep saying be more like him
why can't you be more like him
get good grades
go into a good collage
he knows what to do
why don’t you
his room is clean
he knows this homework problem
be more like him
it seems like you repeat that all the time
its like a chant
be more like him
be more like him
be more like him
over and over again
I am not like him
I am not like my brother
I will never be
So stop the chants
The ignorant rants
Let me be myself


The author's comments:
In creative writing class my teacher gave us a prompted to do slam poetry. So wrote one about my brother.

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all1001 said...
on Dec. 17 2013 at 9:22 pm
thank you so much and I am glade that someone can relate to my pome 

on Dec. 16 2013 at 11:54 am
evalash PLATINUM, Jennings, Louisiana
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its really good. and i can relate to it.