The Alien Girl of the Third Planet from the Sun

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United States

Did you hear
About the girl
Who’s nothing like us?
Of course!
Who could forget those ugly running sneakers
Those long-sleeved shirts
Those tattered jeans?
Everybody knows
About that girl
Who plays piano and reads books
Instead of flirting it up
In tiny skirts and tight shirts
And partying all night
Till the crack of dawn.
All the guys know
About that weird girl
With her ugly-looking face
And her odd language
Of big words
That nobody understands.
All the girls know
About her
That conceited bitch
Who thinks she’s all that
Just because she reads all dem books
And gets A’s in all her classes
And who never sits next to anybody at lunch
‘Cause she thinks she’s so cool.
Do you know
About the girl
Who doesn’t have a single friend
‘Cause she’s too smart
Too weird
Too different
Too ugly
Too plain
Too everything?
Do you know
About the girl
Who’d give anything to be normal
Who’d give anything to be accepted
Give anything…to be human?
Do you know
About the alien girl of the third planet from the Sun?

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