Elena Plotkin Poems

She walks restlessly up and down,
Every time I'm out about town.
And refuses to even go to bed,
Just sits and waits up instead.
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My teeth that used to bite have long lost the fight.
My hair that once was gray has now become white.
My eyesight is cloudy yet my liver spots shine bright.
I can barely walk two blocks before my knees give out.
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My departure I was told needed to be celebrated,
Their loss I was told needed to be obliterated,
What better way than for us to get inebriated?
My tragic loss needed to be well commiserated,
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They told me to laugh when I was crying,
They told me to live when I was dying.
They told me to get up when I was down in the pits of hell.
They told me to climb on up from the spot that I fell.
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Sleeping Beauty for years struggled with insomnia and couldn't sleep.
She tried every remedy she could and boy those remedies weren't cheap.
Nothing could help until someone mentioned a little hard work just might do the trick,
They suggested several jobs that she could do, but she chose the one that could prick.
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Oblivion is not a state but a place
where all things go to leave no trace.
With only a memory to keep them here,
Is it any wonder they wish to disappear?
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Tired of scrounging for pennies
And working for nickels and dimes.
I want to tip in all twenties
And stop living the hard times.
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Heyyy, Why are kids so cruel?
It's like you're the only one,
they pick on at school.
Everyone else is getting all A's.
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I can tell you when looks can kill you dead.
It's when it doesn't matter that your blood runs red.
It's when it doesn't matter what you're like within.
It's when all that matters is the color of your skin.
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The look on your face says it all.
You believe it was I who had dropped the ball.
You think I had failed some important test,
and so you blame me for whatever comes next.
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