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Adventures in Geekdom
I once dreamed that I was Princess Leia.
Bedecked in a cinnamon-bun
hair-do, taunting Han Solo
with quick-witted one-liners.
Wouldn’t that be the cat’s
meow?
I once had a Weezer lunch-box.
Stocked full of school lunch
essentials. Peanut-butter jelly sandwich,
and chocolate-chip cookies too.
Isn’t that a sign of unabashed
geekdom?
I once went by the moniker of altindiegirl.
Maybe I thought it was cool?
Now it just brings guffaws
of hearty laughter and derisive comments.
Well…maybe it was cool…
once?
I once had a Kurt Cobain poster.
Hanging above my bed,
staring down at me with the eyes
of a heroin-chic god.
Too bad life has to descend into a pit
of undiluted pathos.
I will always be a nerd.
Looking out at the world
in plastic-rimmed glasses, relishing
in my own goofiness.
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