That Guy There, The Loner

Oppressive atmosphere the high school hierarchy

Clique dynamic* here and there,

these birds of a feather who flock together

Place a label, it’s easier to remember

No need to know each and every one yourself



What do you call that guy there, the loner?

The one who doesn’t categorize squarely to the box?

Oh him, not a loner but a nobody shunned out of all social circles

Everyone has power over him, even the lowest social strata

the rejects and the freaks



Bryan:  “I may be a nobody, the invisible walking the grounds

I may be ousted from everyone’s lives

But to the very fucking least I am myself, simple as that

Not living up to some shitty ass stereotype

frankly within homogenized social circles,

even as loser or brain or socialite



I already rose above the others, who gives a fuck about them

The easily conformable people of that institution

Ahead of the game while you’re all the same

I’m closer to being me”

Author's Notes/Comments: 

A written poem with its companion piece "Books Are Friends As Last Resort" posted at the "Social Issues (My Opinions)" folder /  Note:  *Clique dynamic is sociology jargon; term created by social psychologists Peter and Patricia Adler.  It's a sophisticated and proper way of saying the general word "clique" although "clique dynamic" explains more.  /  And yes, this did happen to me before in high school.

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Ruth Lovejoy's picture

I agree with this one too and I never liked clicks anyway

Alan Cheng's picture

Being a nobody is something that I've experienced during my high school years back in the years of 2000-2004, and as for between those years of high school, I was suddenly given a chance to do an interview in a school documentary which would be shown to everyone during an assembly, and once my face appeared in front of everyone, it all became different, and I wasn't that much of a nobody anymore, because I was on screen for everybody to see, and I couldn't believe that it was real. It was as if I was dreaming a good dream, and that everyone finally saw me, and not look at me as if I'm invisible, and was also offered to play the role of Linus Van Pelt in the Fall 2001 Musical, "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"!! But after all that few minutes of fame and stuff, I cherished that time in my heart, and I still do, even though I went back to being a nobody again, but yeah, being a nobody sucks, and it's always awful to be singled out from the world of society today. Take it from someone who knows that often in society in this world, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, or even transgendered people are shunned and not accepted. It sucks when the world of society treats you that way.