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What Not To Do When Presenting
The vapors of my confidence slowly
moving away from my pores,
freezing my feet into place as
the daggering stares dig into
my flesh, diminishing
that last ounce of self-faith.
Wishing to be at another place,
another galaxy where the
creatures speak a language
of encouragement. But the
shattering reality breaks my
daze, bringing me back to where
I am...
at the mercy of the fire squad
of English literature.
I reek of nervousness,
the scent that they hunger for,
hoping my perfume overpowers it.
I breath in and out. Opening
my mouth to say:
"Ah, hell."
And from there I know
where my fate lies with that damn fire squad.
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I made this poem reflecting on a recent presentation that I did in my creative writing class. (HI GEARY!!) I was actually suprised that my peers thought I gave the best one out the class... wowzers. Anyway, I posted this because I know majority of the teenage population can relate to this.