what they (don't) see
- Aiden Chen

- Feb 6
- 4 min read
Style: Poetry
Statement: My critique of the Saratoga community. This can be read 3 ways: what they see, what they don’t see, and what they (don’t) see.
saratoga high – so elite
so dedicated to ourselves
we will be so successful we never give love
and so much can be said about
the passion the sleep
the discipline and the smiles we fake
day in and day out we will never get back
time—
the time we spend we waste all of it
studying on useless activities
on extracurriculars we will never get it back
it yields incredible results on paper or a screen
we look so good we look so good and
they talk about us what they say about us
defines us
they say we’re the best
they say we’re smart
and yet we can’t scramble an egg
we never rest or wash our own clothes
because we’re too damn busy
we want to be people
to be successful
in the eyes of our parents
you can’t do both.


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