Shunned Girl, Dodged Boy is a love poem and an angst poem, depicting the vulnerabilities and struggles of anyone who feels they don’t fit in.

Shunned Girl, Dodged Boy – Angst Poem

Her
 Crooked teeth / no money for dental fancy work, Mum said / 
freckled skin and a scrawny, lanky body, crowned with a 
wordless voice and ugly thoughts.
 
Him
 Thick glasses / classic Gucci, Dad's design préféré / bitten 
fingernails much to mom's chagrin / garnished with four 
tentacles mimicking limbs. 
 
Her and Him
 No one to talk to, too much to say, all-around shunned, 
social cranks dodging chatter with popular peeps, forever 
ducking the radar. 
 
She
 spends time alone sketching flowers and knives.
 
He
 spends time alone sifting through books about love and war. 
 
They
 meet bellow the big oak tree to plot ricochet fire and 
end up making out instead.