By: Camdyn DiVenere

We met a new girl today

Our group, together, laughter passed throughout

Our bright circle of smiles

She was different, stuck out

Forcibly foreign

Soon her foreign face grew custom

The group welcomed her with open arms

But they didnt see

Her slithering, coiling movements

Constricting them

like a snake

Her hisses soon replaced my laughter

And the slimy serpent soon replaced me

Their group, huddled close, snarled sweet secrets

Hushed hisses left bitter tastes on my tounge

and a pit in my stomach

The pit grew and grew

Their scaly skin soon melted away

They would see me, I would hiss

My soft skin grew coarse

I was different, foreign

Envy eroded my heart

Soon, I realized

I was a New Girl