Jennifer Jaeger Poems

I would not presume to understand you
To know all there is to know
My questions sound pathetic and repetitive
Yet they are mine to share with whom I please
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Will I ever be more than the ugly girl
More than dirt
More than the stepping stone to the pretty girl
Every flaw exposed
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How well you have played your part
Comforting my broken heart
So cautiously putting the pieces together again
Not as they were
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Can't you see me holding my breath
Waiting for the worst to come
Allowing sadness and despair to fill me up
Until nothing remains but darkness and mediocrity
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