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POETRY with Nico 💫's avatar

This is golden, but I’m truly sorry for your let down lol 🙏🏻

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Ashok Chowkulkar's avatar

And, therefore, you took to writing? Such fun! In your words : My subscribing is not in vain, and my soul not in pain. 😂

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Archer Parquette's avatar

Thank you!

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Mandalynn's avatar

I'd still be bitter too.

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Monica Harmonic's avatar

This was quite funny to me. So real. So genuine. It made me smile while I still felt all those bittersweet emotions of being a fresh human in first grade.

By the way, I just watched the Fellowship of the Ring a few days ago. You and your mom slayed that costume. Flesh-colored socks with the foot fuzz sewn on?! Come on. I'll award you best dressed first grader of the costume parade right here and now, buddy! The real prize though, is having this story ro share with us now. Thank you.

I quite enjoyed it!

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Archer Parquette's avatar

Thank you!

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Jennie O'Connor's avatar

“…and adults are stupid” made me guffaw. It’s not often that I guffaw.

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Archer Parquette's avatar

Thank you!

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Michelle Hedgecock's avatar

LMAO, this was so good! I also read it aloud to my mom and son, and we were cracking up. So good. We feel your bitter pain 😆

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Archer Parquette's avatar

Thank you!

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Brandon Ellrich's avatar

A girl named Alice beat me in the 4th grade Spelling Bee. I've harbored a loathsome resentment ever since. Recently, I heard she got divorced and I smiled inside. Can you spell victory, Alice?

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Brianna Schubert's avatar

Please tell me you have a picture of the costume. The world needs to see it.

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Chad R Herman's avatar

I understand. I lost a contest where I was an amazing 1st grade vampire. But I lost to a kid who was a working Rubix cube. This was when they 1st came out in the 80s. I was then taken off all sugar and trick or treating died out right then and there. I like your writing. Please subscribe and you will receive an original poem every morning. I'm a poet Who writes other things sometimes.

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Archer Parquette's avatar

Thank you!

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