Poem 1

Poem 1

I’m lonely, so lonely.

I’m always alone.

I never get emails

or calls on my phone.

I sit by myself

in my room every day,

and wonder why nobody

wants to go play.

My classmates avoid me.

They never say, “hi.”

They don’t seem to know

I’m a wonderful guy.

And even the strangers

I see on the street

go out of their way

to make sure we don’t meet.

They jump and they run

to get out of my path.

I guess maybe this year

I’ll take my first bath.