Just Me

• Alyssa Howard, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2016

I'm not like those other girls,
who love every fancy thing.
Dresses, makeup and celebrities
just aren't my type of thing.
I'm not like those other girls,
study, study, study is all they ever do.
Doctors, lawyers, accountants, yuck.
I'd rather work in a zoo!
I'm not like those other girls,
with apartment towers in the city.
It's just not the life for me
and I think it's such a pity.
I'm not like those other girls,
living on a farm is the life for me.
Call me strange if you must,
but I just like to be me.