I’m Lonely, So Lonely
From the book My Cat Knows Karate
I’m lonely, so lonely.
I’m always alone.
I never get emails
or calls on my phone.
I sit by myself
in my room every day,
and wonder why nobody
wants to go play.
My classmates avoid me.
They never say, “hi.”
They don’t seem to know
I’m a wonderful guy.
And even the strangers
I see on the street
go out of their way
to make sure we don’t meet.
They jump and they run
to get out of my path.
I guess maybe this year
I’ll take my first bath.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: Poems about Friends and Family
Poetic Techniques: Irony, Lyric & Dramatic Poems
Word Count: 96
From the book My Cat Knows Karate
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