You’ve changed.
You used to be so
and now you’re all
like, you’ve transformed
I don’t know how to describe
it’s like
you don’t like canasta anymore
you text IN ALL CAPS
your selfies are so
animalistic
like, are you out to prove something
you’re a lion
you’re a bear
you’re a maggot
you’re a virus
I just don’t know
if we can be friends anymore.
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7-9 / Sec. 1-3
10-12 / Sec. 4 & 5 / CEGEP 1
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Dina Del Bucchia, “Wow! You've Changed,” from It's a Big Deal: Poems. Copyright © 2019 by Dina Del Bucchia. Reprinted by permission of Talonbooks.
Source: It's a Big Deal: Poems (Talonbooks, 2019)