To be a Straw Hat

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A young woman graduated from college and has no idea what to do with the rest of her life. No one will hire a... Plus

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Prologue
1) After Graduation
2) Grab a Laptop and Gather Round
3) Craigslist: Extras Wanted
4) If Only I was a Straw Hat
5) There's Not Much Else to Say
6) No Response
7) Old Expectations, Make Way For the New
8) An Internship?
9) Interning at a Start-up
10) All They Think About
11) It's Time to Make Some Money
12) A Producer (Miss P)'s Assistant
13) How they Put the "Up and Coming" Down
14) Not Where She's Meant to Be
15) Halloween: There Are Some Things We Can't Explain
16) Start-up: A Sad Goodbye
17) What Spiky Wants
18) The First Step
19) A Cold Critique
20) Please God, Please
21) Going to the Gym
22) I Can Do This
23) Another One for the Records!
24) The Nantucket Festival Schedule
25) Before the Big Day
26) The Most Important Brunch in Spiky's Life
27) One Step at a Time
28) Why did Spiky go to School?
29) I Feel Stuck
30) Glad to Be Moving
31) It's Taking Longer Than Expected
32) Growing up in America
33) What Could This Mean?
34) He Believes in Spiky
35) The Production Package
36) On the Other Side
37) It's Not Always Fun
38) I Need More Space
39) A Letter to Myself
40) Things Really Do Take Time
41) Spiky's Gut Takes Her on a Trip
42) Enjoying The Last of It
43) Are They Actually Adults Yet?
44) Open House
45) The 2019 Marathon
46) One of Two Lessons
47) Lesson Number Two
48) Together For Christmas
49) It's Not Over
50) She Makes A Kickstarter
51) Waiting For Festivals
52) The Inner Stress Of Success
53) Memories
54) After All this Work Is It Good?
55) It Did Not Sell
56) Stories Coming to Life
57) When Something Ends, Something Else Begins
58) Can She Move Ahead?
59) Meeting Echo
60) Patience with Echo
61) Long Time No $ee
62) On a cold November day
63) An American Road Trip
64) Falling for a Dollar
65) Reaching Land
66) Finding Another Way
67) We need to Interview them Again
68) Posting on Youtube
69) A Possible Business Partner
70) Done With Dating Apps
71) Going Down A Rabbit Hole

72) An October Hike Alone

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Spiky's friend Aqmarine cannot go.

But Spiky sticks to her plans

Even if she is alone.

Rocky, being a Turkish dad,

Yells, "No!"


Being a young adult,

Spiky refuses

To press Control + Alt, Delete.

She buys the tickets,

Rocky turns away in defeat.


On an early Thursday morning

She gets on the bus.

The sun now shines

Through morning dust.

She now gets off her second bus.


As a runner

Walking two miles isn't bad.

Paying for a taxi

Would make her wallet very sad.

The trees are orange and yellow,

This isn't bad without a fellow.


She reaches the start of the mountain

And the end of the sidewalk.

"On to the steep road!"

She is in "Adventure" mode.


She watches out for cars,

And finds some flat snakes.

After a while of going up,

It wasn't a piece of cake.


She finishes her hike

That reaches the actual hike.

Her spirit lifts.

"This place exists!"

She takes a sip of water,

"Okay! This part should be 3 miles."

Off she goes with a bright smile.


Up and up she goes.

With every sound, she twists.

Chipmunks skurry through the leaves.

She calms down and persists.


There are more people on the hike

Than Spiky likes.

Everyone travels in a pair or more,

They look at Spiky as if she is a wild boar.


With no wifi and at every turn

She whines to God,

"Are we there yet?"

The muscles in her calves burn.

"Man, this is why Sam and Colby

Looked so tired!"

They are guys to be admired.


For the very last turn she freaks out!

"It's the burnt hotel!" She yells without a doubt.

She slows down to a stop

For she spots

A family of four taking a photo.

She volunteers to do it,

*Click, click*

Before they leave she points to her phone

And asks,

"Can I take up your time for a bit?"

*Click, click*


Spiky thanks them.

She wishes to run into the old building.

The little girl of the family

Asks her parents unhappily,

"Is that girl alone?"

Spiky's heart melts

For the concern the girl has shown.



Note: Hey guys, I haven't had time to write more poems. I'll need a few weeks to catch up. Thank you for your support!

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