fail·ure

ˈfālyər/

noun

lack of success

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nobody ever called her a failure

not personally anyway

grades are looking up but a c isn't a b and a b isn't an a

nobody's ever called her failure

yet she hears it everyday

stuck on a math problem

failure

can't draw something exactly right

failure

friends angry with her

failure

like a hurricane it won't stop

failure failure failure

like a song on repeat

failure failure failure

like a cat scratching at furniture

failure failure failure

but it's okay

she already knows

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