Never Have I Ever

[i.might.be.a.bit.sad]

Wow, I like the form, it reminds me of Ellen Hopkins. I feel like it could be a bit more poetic, as some mentioned previously, a bit more work on pulling together the flow. I don't want to say rhyme, since that's not always the goal. But reading it aloud, it sounds a little off. It's really interesting, and I like what you have going here.

Ellen Hopkins was exactly what i was going for, thank you! I love her books and her tone. Thanks for the feedback, i think i was focusing mainly on getting the phrase to fit in.
Thanks!
Liz

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It's interesting to read how others are interpreting this poem. For what it's worth, I read this as the subject having a pristine reputation, but getting drunk and having sex and getting pregnant, having an abortion, and missing a week of school for the procedure/grief, but pretending to have the flu. Once back at school, she ends up smoking after all because she doesn't want to remember the past week.

If that's NOT what is intended, then like pop poetry, I'm confused about the allusion to one month later and the week off.

That said--I love the structure of the poem and the allusion to the game "never have I ever." Very successful, I enjoyed it.

Thank you for the kind words. I like you interpretation, although that is not what i was originally writing about. I think it fits with the timeline better. What happened is a lot more specific and probably only really makes sense in my own head
I got drunk with this girl, and we ended up...doing things... She was the first and only person i ever smoked with, but she broke it off and i sorta really fell apart. I was extremely mentally unstable, as a month before i had spent a week in the hospital because of injuries related to a mental issue, and so i think i was mostly reflecting on this really unstable time in my life.
Not that you asked, but i felt like telling anyway, so sorry if that was too much info
Im so honored you thought it was effective, really meant a lot