Paul is one of the kids in my class.
Paul always sits by himself at the back of the class. He has big green glasses, looks shy and has such a trembling voice that he sounds as if he's stumbling
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We became a hyphenated word like
honky-tonk, long-term, six-pack, full-time
We dropped the dash like
butterfingers, afterthought, upstream, everything
We fit the mold, independently, like
half of something more complex
We simplified it;
I stepped forward when you stepped back
You stepped forward when I stepped back;
We blended into one word,
A portmanteau, like
spork, smog, froyo, brunch
A portmanteau is a suitcase
It opens into halves
I don't think we've closed up
But we have less friends than before
Or we see them less. And I worry
They don't care
/don't know
If I'm smoke or if you're breakfast
Because I can't even remember
When we leave together
We will pack separate bags
And I will have to
I will pull my roots out like
Etymology can help us
honky-tonk, long-term, six-pack, full-time
We dropped the dash like
butterfingers, afterthought, upstream, everything
We fit the mold, independently, like
half of something more complex
We simplified it;
I stepped forward when you stepped back
You stepped forward when I stepped back;
We blended into one word,
A portmanteau, like
spork, smog, froyo, brunch
A portmanteau is a suitcase
It opens into halves
I don't think we've closed up
But we have less friends than before
Or we see them less. And I worry
They don't care
/don't know
If I'm smoke or if you're breakfast
Because I can't even remember
When we leave together
We will pack separate bags
And I will have to
I will pull my roots out like
Etymology can help us