MessageChatGPT

Tell me how
I can get good grades–straight As, please
and make varsity
bank enough for
______class ring, prom, international field trip
keep my phone off 1st bell to last bell
get rid of my zits and stinky armpits
do enough chores to keep parents happy
remain the apple of my grandparent’s eyes
practice my instrument
turn-in my homework
complete community service
write this admissions essay
______all about me when
______I don’t know which parts of myself
______are real and what parts would make
______my first choice school happy
get to bed for plenty of sleep
and wake up in time for first period
hang with my friends
______but stay off the screen
know what to say when asked,
______What do you want to be?
keep my heart from thumping through my shirt
______when BAE walks in
Read.
Tell me, ChatGPT, how, where
______can I find time, find some peace?

Linda Mitchell is a family girl, school librarian and creative person. She hangs out with her laptop, scissors, glue and paper from discarded books to make crafts with two mischievous young cats. Her favorite game is cribbage. She has published in several journals and weekly to her Poetry Friday blog, A Word Edgewise.