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Seventeen
August 23, 2013
No,
No,
No.
It’s all I hear.
17.
I’m just a kid, they tell me.
Act more mature, they say.
Stuck in a tug of war.
No,
No,
No.
She’s only 17.
All the things I can’t do.
All the things I must do.
My life is being controlled by outside forces.
When do I choose?
No,
No,
No.
She’s only 17.
I’m a kid.
Yet, I must decide my future, right now.
It’s my decision, they tell me.
But I can’t go here or there, they say.
No,
No,
No.
STOP!
…
I’m only 17.
© Becky F., Sacramento, CA
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