North Carolina Poetry Society
 
Student Poem of the Month — March 2009
 

 
Tadpole   © by   Candice Johnson


"Is she even here?"
Her hair used to be long
and white blonde
Then, she cut it and dyed
it black
Her nails were pink
Now, they are black too
She used to wear the
cutest dresses
They have all disappeared
Jeans and pants have taken
over
She used to be a quiet
little sheep
A free-thinking loud
rebel lives in my house
Mickey Mouse, Barbie,
and Disney were her best
friends
Kurt Cobain, David Lee
Roth, and Trent Razor all
hang out with her
But,
when did this all
happen?
Junior high?
Libby?
Trevor?
I'm too scared to know
She can’t go back to what
she used to be
None of us can
That's just how it is
All she can do is march
merrily into her teenage
wasteland

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Previously published in the North Carolina Poetry Society's
Pinesong: Awards 2008. Used with permission of the Poet.
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