typical anomaly

floating among 

the ugg boots and north face jackets

i have found a home here.

i frequent starbucks for my daily caffeine fixes

and fulfill my shopping itches

at urban outfitters and american apparel.

i wear leggings as pants and

pretend i am comfortable.

i refuse to be everyone else

because my drink is frozen in november

and my north face and uggs are nonexistent.

my urban clothing comes from the clearance racks and

is intermingled with old navy jeans and gap socks.

i study in coffee shops drinking tea and

spend too much money on dinner food.

i forget to go to the gym and i

don't revise my papers before turning them in.

in short, i am just like everyone else.

similar to the masses, yet different enough to stand out.

and my left-handed liberalisms and my

redheaded shortcomings have become

just as typically atypical as anyone

interesting enough to

watch walk down main street.
ann arbor is too small to be large
and yet
i still fit.