Ingénue

Sipping lemonade in the sidelines,

And gazing at the ground.

Those weak and sunken eyes,

With hair matted and lips cracked.

You are no Juliet, no Elizabeth, no Jane;

Just homesick for the parents you ran from.

Practising lines in bathroom stalls and hoping to get by,

You pawn the ring a boy long ago gave you,

In hopes that they’ll notice you tomorrow.

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