Those scores
Will hopefully score me
A promotion
To somewhere better
Than the hellhole
I'm stuck in
Year after year.
It must have been destiny
When I drew Katniss'
Sister's name.
Those scores
The costumes
And hopefully a victor
All will work together
To get me higher
But I am also
Deep inside
Happy
Beyond words
Beyond expression
That
I do not have to see
Another pair die
And my hopes with them.