So I haven't actually seen a story about Portlyn before, so I decided to write one! It's very short, but I hope you like it. As I said to one of my FF friends, "It's really cool when you can say so much in very little writing. We read the poem Let America be America Again in school and it inspired me!
Disclaimer: I don't own Let America be America again, or SWAC. *cries*
"Okay, I'll be collecting your poems based on Let America be America Again by Langston Hughes." The entire class groaned. Portlyn, however, was not so upset. She turned it in with pride.
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The teacher had already graded most of the poems, but one had stood out. She read it over and over again, wondering how this one girl could become so very misunderstood.
Let Hollywood be Hollywood Again
By Portlyn Nahbuha
Hollywood; the place of dreams,
Hollywood was never that to me.
I couldn't be me,
Not the smart person I could be.
Throughout the studios I'm called a slut, nothing more.
Some other names are bitch and whore.
If only they could see the real me;
A smart, straight A student who never got less than a C.
What did I do to deserve this pain,
Of people thinking I'm so vain?
Everyone says, "Hollywood is so great!"
Don't get into it before it's too late.
Hollywood; the place of dreams,
Hollywood was never that to me.
It's even shorter than one of my drabbles! Anyways, please review!