FOMO Matching Contest - 1 - Spring 2019 • Millikin University

a pretty face
I wonder where she goes
on the weekends

FOMO
tonight was the night
future husband?

night in
a couple watches
friends’ snapchat stories

too tired to love
i watch
you blossom separately

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top quarter champion

 

TOP half Chamption

 

bottom quarter champion

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left a party
but wondered if . . .
I was missing anything

so many moments wasted
trying to keep up
. . . with the crowd

the nook
if I stay here too long
they will forget me

snapchat tapping
through everyone's adventures
instead of writing my essay

 

TOP half champion

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CHAMPION

 


 

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BOTTOM half champion

curls for the girls
staring at the mirror
do they notice me

sore mornings
all for the one
who will never notice

moving away
fear missing
my sister growing up

field trip
not too sick
i must go

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BOTTOM half champion

 

bottom quarter champion

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your Friday plans
i watch behind
my phone screen

saturday morning
empty gym
where is everyone?

long day
finally home
what are they up to?

climbing a tree
to see what he's missing
Zacchaeus

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