Drinks and Chocolate
September 2011 (10th Grade)

Here we go again.
Feels like the end.
It could have been a bad dream, 
or a song that speaks to the heart.
Whatever the matter,
Coping is different
depending on gender.
Girls' pillows are streaked with mascara
and covered in candy wrappers.
Boy's clothes are soaked with cold sweat
and the odor of liquor.
The tears fall
along with a bottle on the floor.
Sweets disappear
along with the contents of a flask.
Pictures burn
as tequila does against the throat.
Love songs play
as tricks do with vodka.
Girls go to bed with broken hearts and empty dreams;
Guys go to bed with hangovers and bottles of whiskey.
So why do girls eat chocolates
and boys drink?
Girls eat sweets to forget the bitterness of boys.
Boys drink bitter drinks to forget the sweetness of the girls.