The VOICE of LMS Issue 10 • March 2018 | Page 4

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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?

-Olivia Simione

Expectations

by Olivia Simione- 8th Grade