The Perks of Being a Suburban White Girl

The Perks of Being a Suburban White Girl

A Poem by Dana Alsamsam

If one more

Brainless high school girl

That doesn’t understand

Mental illness

Posts online

About how she is a “wallflower”

I will become a rogue beast

And move everything

In their house

Three inches to the right

So that they trip on things.

 

Your posts are not cute

Or trendy

And neither is

Mental illness. 

© 2013 Dana Alsamsam


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Leaving out the last stanza, I think you've really got something here, Dana. I quite like it. The wryness of humour, wit...

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Added on May 13, 2013
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Tags: high school, the perks of being a wallflower, white girl, mental illness

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Dana Alsamsam
Dana Alsamsam

Chicago, IL



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"my brain hums with scraps of poetry and madness." i dance, write and play violin. i'm studying english and training in dance in chicago. i like spooky things, red lipstick, caffeine, punk/indi.. more..

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A Poem by Dana Alsamsam