about an ugly girl
tell me a story about an ugly girl
that never goes to the dance
she can't just scrub up and voila
tell me about a girl who lives with her parents
her whole life
she can make oodles of money
she can have lots of friends
she can play seraphic melodies
or be wise as pyramids
she can even change the world
but she can never be beautiful
just once I'd like to hear a story
about an ugly girl
told all her life it doesn't matter
but she's learning it does
or else there'd be stories about her
I was born in Farmington, Maine in 1977 and am a 1999 graduate of Maine Maritime Academy. I am a Third Mate in the Merchant Marine and I sail as a Pilot on the Great Lakes. My poems have recently appeared in Nerve Cowboy, Main Street Rag and The Cafe Review. My third chapbook, Staring at the Wall from Lockout Press is currently under its second printing and is available from the author. More information can be obtained by visiting my website at http://robinmerrill.tripod.com
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