Playground Rules

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"You have to have a crush on someone."
They all said.

It was the number #1 rule on the playground;
everyone has a crush.

Eyes wondered over twisted metal and scattered woodchips.
Faces blurred together, voices drifted.

Who do I find cute? The thought skipped and blended into another.
No one because no boy caught my eye.

The answer was there, curled on the roof of my mouth.
But, I couldn't say it.
Because I would shatter the rule.

Everyone has to have a crush
What would happen if I said romance just wasn't for me?
No one would believe it.
Eye's landed on one of my class mates.

"Him...I like him."


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