3
The VOICE
of LMS
What He Took With Him
His three piece suit and 5 more,
A week’s worth of spray tan,
His tower and half the White House staff
With the CIA, a metric ton of trump bricks
Orange, the same brand his father made,
A small loan of one million dollars and some change,
A fresh pair of kicks in a box,
A book (“The Art Of The Deal”), some new white socks,
Some of the negativity, one red tie, his mother’s car,
His father’s broken one, all their memes
What he left behind:
The white coloured house, receiving its next president;
His old shoes, (oops!);the country,
Wondrous for surviving world war 3
What He Took With Him
by Osiris Leggett- 8th Grade
“Well that’s a first!”
They’ll say
As if I’m perfect
As if I’ve never
Made a mistake,
Messed up,
Been corrected.
“Of course!”
They’ll say
As if I ace every assignment
As if my grades
Are part of who I am
And not worked for or earned,
But a given.
“It’s Olivia!”
They’ll say
As if I’ll always be the one to get 100%
As if me, one person
Can become stereotyped.
With high expectations,
Set long before hand.
So they’ll talk on,
Walk on
As if their comments are uplifting.
As if they should
Make me feel good,
Proud,
Not pressured.
They move on
Forget.
But they’ve forgotten something important.
I haven’t.
Their expectations have been set,
It must be my job to meet them.
Right?
Expectations
by Olivia Simione- 8th Grade