I’m No Fun
written by: Jackie Chou
I don’t talk about Disneyland,
or malls, or churros,
or sex, or boys,
or escapades.
My adolescence was torn off,
even in my private diary,
just another blank phase
of my life.
While others dated,
experimented with makeup,
I wrote poems in the attic,
on cardboard boxes.
I have no memory
of Santa Claus,
just my mother’s voice
urging me to dance.
There’s no sliver of my days
that meets the meaning
of the word “fun,”
now or in the past.
Jackie Chou is a poet of free verses and Japanese short form poetry who has work forthcoming in Mollyhouse Lit and Cyan: an Anthology of Confessional Poetry. Her poem "Cycle of a Tree" was nominated for a Pushcart by Highland Park Poetry.
Latest posts by Jackie Chou (see all)
- I’m No Fun - April 27, 2024
- Bravo - January 26, 2024
- Remembering an Old Crush - September 18, 2023
