The Uncool Rules

The Uncool Rules

Poppy's round and about,

And gets in your face,

You the oh so cool,

Friends of the you smell crew!

But we all know that

She's too Uncool,

for the you smell crew

To even bother with.

You the oh so mighty cool

Call us geeks and freaks

And stepping on our toes

Just because you can

But Plain Poppy prises open

The closet of the Uncool.

We hide so as not to upset

The cool customer,

Who must play the popularity game

And play to win.

The losers of the game

the Uncool, just get along

With their uncoolness

Finding ways to rate

A lack of cool.

So who is too cool

for the Uncool rules?

Not Poppy, no

Poppy knows them

off by heart because

she wrote them.

The Uncool rules:

She's never late,

She's never rude,

She’ll  not talk back,

Or even acknowledge you

Verbally. She might smile,

but you'll never notice.

She's too Uncool.

You'll never pick her in a line up.

She's always the last one standing.

She doesn't care that you miss her

Deliberately. She doesn't care that

You think that she's Uncool.

Until you cool kids single her out

For some unkind comments

And unfurl threats

In her direction.

Alone .

Poppy finds Uncool friends

To face up to the frosty smiles.

A Uncool gang of the tiny and the tall,

The freckled, the Ginger

And the bespectacled.

Poppy’s posse are too Uncool

To pose or adopt the stance

Of the cool. Too Uncool to

Sit around and smirk. Just Too

Uncool.

So busy reading,

writing and drawing. Poppy

plans an escape into the Uncool

World. A world where

the Uncool rule. Rule over rhymes,

Reels and wreck havoc, reversing the  cool rules.

More Uncool rules:

She sometimes listens,

she is silent other times

And sometimes she stares away.

Daydreaming about her Uncool

Existence. Planning an Uncool future.

And dreaming about the big bad world out there.

Poppy prepares for the worst

And sometimes hopes for the best

But Poppy is a realist

And knows most plans

Do not work out.

Poppy is proud of her strength

But it's Uncool to be bulky

Poppy's curves are pronounced

She's short  not slim

And detests the gym.

She won't play games

Because she doesn't care to win

She more interested in reading

And writing her Uncool thoughts

In her journal.

More rules for the Uncool:

Be an individual

Or nobody will notice you,

Dress completely differently

From the crowd.

Unfollow fashion.

Unfocus and go off on trajectory

Meandering all over the place.

Remember to rewrite the Uncool rules.

Poppy doesn't want to be a doll

Or dress up in silly frocks

Poppy is no princess

She does not wear a tiara

A sparkly necklace or jewelled earrings.

She likes big  bouncy boots.

But you won't see her

running and jumping around

Because you're not looking.

Because observation is the Uncool

Golden rule!