Pimples

Mom telling me I stink

Girls saying I ain’t—

Tall enough

Fly enough

That I can’t jump and shoot the ball high enough

That’s me

Stuck in puberty

Shaving hairs I ain’t even got

Waving at girls that say I better not tell nobody
that they know me

Living in the shower

Hiding magazines

Staying up half the night looking at websites not meant for me

Texting girls who never text me back

Knowing I would never treat them like that

Glasses on my nose

Braces on my teeth

Everyone complaining how I eat and eat and eat

But who cares how unfair life can be?

Stuck in puberty

All alone

Just me
and me.