“Manic” – Ella Gardner ’23

As I speak manically
The words spew forth
My mother laughs hysterically 
And her eyes roll north
This poem is superfluous
Why can’t it be over
But I think it is beauteous
It rhymes moreover
This is a feast
A verbal explosion
Don’t encourage the beast
Or your mind will have erosion
I am officially a poet 
And did not before know it