Busy B's - Kelsey Grae's Poetry Slam Entry

I am Budgeting
every penny
sympathy
calorie
and inquiry
You remind me
There are no stupid questions
only those that cost me ridicule and make you
Skeptical of my potential
But excuse me sir,
please remember that I someday I hope to be just like you
And these curiosities are my only chance
of escaping insignificance
because every time I write D-U-E
I want to D-I-E
with every S-L,
H-L,
A-P,
I-B,
M-L-A,
A-C-T,
S-A-T,
I-D-O-C
F-A-F-S-A,
O-S-S-A-A and
D
O
N
T
.

I am Bargaining with myself
for forty, thirty, twenty, three, two, one winks of sleep.
How do I convince you that I am valuable
when to you I am just calcu-able,
Kelsey Grae - composite of 29, four point-O, 1870 and 7.50 an hour?
Yes, can I help you?
Yeah, is there a fork?
Um.
Just in general?
Just in existence?
Just one fork?
Any fork?
Oh, you need one, yes have a nice breakfast lunch and dinner.
And may I say ma'am,
You are looking absolutely fabulous, immaculate today,
Does he know he is the luckiest man on the planet?
No, it's free to try on, you don't have to pay,
THAT is a tip jar not an ash tray,
oh and good luck, have a nice day.
Some struggles we have weathered are not within the scope of
Universal, National, or Local
thought they have been
UNBEARABLE.
My love, loss, loneliness are lack luster to you
because I cannot define them with my history book?
I am left searching for funding so frantically
that I start wishing I was the orphan of some tragedy
but sadly
I am only
the pale, loud-mouthed, Nordic daughter of my grandmother
with an itch to
LEARN
unlike anything you have ever scratched.

I am Bugging you,
and you bug me back
to give each other all we've got because
I know I won't leave this
first-class secondary-school until
the IVY LEAGUE
hollas at me.
And I couldn't have done it without my classmates.
But remember
Say No to Hate
and don't get too cozy in any case
'cuz walking hand in hand banned until
we are stranded and I can't give you anything but
my sideways glances.
This is when we have to take our chances!
We may have the world at our fingertips
but each and every one of us WILL slip because
there is so much to have and nearly nothing to hold
that if I may be so bold as to please ask you
to pick me up when I am feeling low
because there is so much to reach for and nearly nothing to touch,
that I must admit that sometimes it all becomes
too much.
-phew.

I am Burgeoning.
Budding, blooming, fit to bursting after
reviewing my budget and refining all quantities.
I am allowing allotted kisses of INFITY.
I am ascending every helix of my DESCENDENCY.
I am taking all tasks in stride, I am moving RHYTHMICALLY.
I am making pledges to love
us
you
me
this planet
INTRISICALLY.
What remains immeasurable
is the level of enthusiasm I bring to the table.
Math is my worst subject but I'll be damned if I haven't given you
my very best.
And if you still don't count me among the winners,
I encourage you to review these figures.

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[queensavag3]

love ur slam :)

[TheSharpenedPencil]

i'm in my first year of uni and this describes my life exactly!

my classes are gigantic so most of the time i feel like just a number, but I feel energized now :D

thanks for a great poem.

[Thegardenthepoet]

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[Thegardenthepoet]

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