Prompt:
List your hard work
cookie-cut altruism
perfection
or
all your grief, disadvantaged
sob story
hardship
Am I the shiniest penny,
or the one you’re surprised to find in rotation
on your palm, your world,
what being worth it looks like
-ejb
I wrote this poem to capture the general feeing I have going into writing essays for scholarships for next year. Trying to brainstorm just leaves my skull feeling sticky and weird.
