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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Lucy Baby VII

Submitted by rebecca_v on May 18, 2008 - 18:14.

VII.
It was getting cold.
And rainy.
And just gross outside.
The rain
Would soak into the cardboard box
And then never really dry.
My pants were always wet
In the wrong places
And people thought
I was more disgusting then they did before.

Look at her
They would whisper,
She even forgot how to relieve herself.
Look at her.

Boys would laugh at me.
Younger boys,
Older boys.

All I’ve ever wanted
Was to be noticed
By boys
Just like these ones.

I never imagined
This.

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