Some more highlights from my pumpkin story:
"She puts me in her bed, and goes to sleep. I, however have eternally open eyes, and have to somehow entertain myself all night."
mood
"She eats breakfast (made from my guts. Ew…)"
what
"After school, Molly goes home and sits in front of a weird thing, like a box, with moving pictures. I want to turn around, but I can’t. I just have to stare all day, for who knows how long, until one of the parents yells, “Molly! Have you done your homework?” She jumps up and presses a button to turn off the box, and goes to scribble on a meaningless piece of paper."
Apparently, I had strong feelings about homework even then
"Now looking in the mirror from the soft pink bed sheets, I realize that I am the perfect pumpkin, just in a different way. Not looks, looks don’t matter. What really does matter, is love."
Please note that the next year in our poetry unit I only wrote extremely dark and gruesome poetry
I'll try to find that