Girls like me

Carle Bleau || Fall 2024

you go have your fun swimming at the beach,
but i prefer the lake.
i hate it when you give me your all,
don’t you know that i can’t take?

to give me time to feel allowed
makes me feel like a sore thumb
‘cause in my head it’s all the inverse
“shouldn’t have worn that, that was dumb”

so like a stray cat in the city
i’ll take every scrap that i can eat
until the scarceness feels like plenty
cause my lunch table feels empty

without the girls like me