by Nina Armstrong<\/p>\n
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With crooked teeth and a salmon smile
\nClara Confessed of her rhinoplasty<\/p>\n
People tell me their life stories sometimes
\nThey say I have the face of a giver<\/p>\n
Michael confessed his habit of cutting
\nThat was under the bleachers at lunchtime<\/p>\n
Jackie told me her friends left her alone
\nMichael uttered the name of his crush (June)<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve never made one of them feel better
\nNot even If I tried, so I listen
\nTo Conner\u2019s miseries and George\u2019s swoons<\/p>\n
They confide in me what I fear myself<\/p>\n
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