I don’t identify as a geek
brown hair and preppy clothes
glasses perched on my nose
lost in period novels.
I don’t identify as a geek
watching the same tv
show me on binge-repeat
recounting all history.
I don’t identify as a geek
failing math and english
scribbling song lyrics
day dreaming of what’s next.
I don’t identify as geek
I lost in genetics
I’m a broken human
I’m a work in progress.
Wearing glasses is necessity
but they’re not my identity.
Glasses don’t make me a geek.
Charlie Ann Alford 