say it like i do

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talk to me in the tone
that only i use
tell me i’m like the penny in your change
and that i’m worthless 
unless i change

talk to me in that tone 
do it just like how i say
i’m nothing more than the lumpy stone 
that keeps cracking in the driveway

say it the way i do
because hearing it from you
would burn me more

Giovanna Toledo is a senior at PPCHS. She’s Brazilian & Egyptian and enjoys traveling and experiencing new cultures. In her free time, Gigi enjoys writing, painting, and listening to music.

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the atala is designed, curated, & edited by the Pines Charter Chapter of the National English Honor Society. It showcases original student poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, literary criticism, and art. Like its namesake — the small, bright butterfly that grew from near extinction to rising numbers in our part of the world — this little literary journal aims to grow our love of writing and expand our community’s appreciation for the literary arts.

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