Revenge of the Nerds 2009

Won't be long, mark my words, the time has come for revenge of the nerds.

 

Prologue

 

Someone had to watch it. It had to be at least one person in the class. That way, if one person saw it, whoever saw it could pass on the message to the rest of the class. It shouldn’t have had to be that way; everyone was supposed to see it for themselves and make up their own minds, but the class felt it was better if one person did the work and allowed them to reap the benefits of the knowledge afterwards. That’s what they had been doing, haven’t they? Classes for generations before them had. Someone had to figure out the Pythagorean theorem, and it was in their math books so they didn’t have to do it themselves. Someone before them figured out the mechanics of the English language. Someone wrote down history. Someone wrote down everything the Catholic Church wanted them to know.

 

How much better and beneficial that someone among them, one of their peers, to find out something on her own and to share with them?

 

 

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It was rated R

So perhaps it was something

I shouldn’t have had to see as

A child

 

As an adult

I know why I sympathize

With characters now

Anyone who is the centerpiece

 

I sympathized for different reasons

As a child

Maybe the nerds were more fun

And a lot nicer than the popular people

 

It was a warning. Of what was to come.

 

I was Edward Cullen

Before Edward Cullen was

Sylvia Plath and I shared a commonality

When I was only nine

 

The boys crossed their fingers in my face

Like I was supposed to melt

To their disappointment

There were crucifixes in each room

 

I hated each and every one of those boys

With the same passion that they teased me

What I hated about the girls were not their cruel words

But their traitorous silence.

 

Each day

Their fangs

Sank deep

In my ears

 

Lewis Skolnick

Is my soul

I even hated

My own name

 

They’ll never understand

Why *NSYNC

Seventh grade

With the number of perfection

 

Justin had my right arm

JC had my left

Lance had my right leg

Joey had my left

 

Chris held the mirror to my face

 

I didn’t need a Homecoming rally

To announce how proud I was

I am

A nerd

 

Lewis, Gilbert,

Wormser, Arnold,

Lamar and Takashi were shocked to find

A baby on the Lambda’s doorstep

 

Two years later

 

They made me ashamed

Of my own family

Even though under their care

I became this lady

 

Don’t mistake Gilbert

He’s John the Baptist

Warning you of

The coming

 

It’s only a movie

They all say

It’s only an exaggeration

Of what is really true

 

My goofy smiles

My random jokes

The poking

Were actually screams of triumph

 

Your recognition

In the yearbook

Means my legacy

Is unforgettable

 

Now

In black and white

I will live forever

After your blood sucking habits

 

I will live to tell

That the revenge of the nerds

Didn’t happen in 1984

It was only a warning

 

Only a glimpse into the future

Of what was soon to come

Of what enemy

You helped to torture

 

In order to create

 

The revenge of the nerds was born

July 3^rd, 1986

She lived to understand oppression

The day before freedom rang

 

I came out more beautiful

After the biting

Than Edward Cullen did

My life dazzles me

 

So I pass on this knowledge

After this excruciating high

That

 

 I AM THE REVENGE OF THE NERDS

 

And I lived

 

to

 

 

 

 

 

expose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

your

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Whoa. This came out more "Lady Lazarus" than I predicted.

Reviews

[Drew Wade]

hahahahah.. this is so incredibly great it's almost indescribable. this is like my book now except good.. for crying out loud, you can't give me one moment without you blaring it through your talents that you're better than me? hahahhaa. good job. so entertaining. the beginning is perfect, and the poetry is dark and humorous all at the same time. really really good.

[Lexi Nicole]

Wow. I'm blown away. This is piece is brilliant, from each and every reference to the emotion of the character. Amazing work! You've summed up the basic feelings of anyone in schools today who are lower on the social ladder because they're smart.

-Howl

[E-man]

wow a lot of feeling.. think we've all got left out at one point because we're different..I LOVE NERDS =D

[Taylor H]

amazing! i love hte message you sent out in your porlouge and the poem was amazing as well

[sorentense]

......I'm guessing all these people you mention that I haven't heard of are from this *NSYNC thing you mentioned?

Aside from me not getting the references, I really enjoyed this. It's a very accurate reflection of what anyone cursed with intelligence goes through. (Which is really ironic, because guess who the populars will end up working for?)

[Emily B]

Awesome. My daughter is eleven and a second generation nerd. She's got an "I heart nerds" t-shirt that she absolutely adores.

And I remember high-school. Even though it does seem like a long time ago. And I remember the way that I never really fit in. It was so much easier to stay lost in a book than join in the insanity of the popular kids. I am pleased to know that the time is near ;)

[Legion]

I like it. May we all learn something from it. Never would have thought of Booger as a god. lol Brilliantly thought out. Kudos.