y= ma + 64cba Find X

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There's this girl I know
Who never makes a grade below
a 92%
She's smart
and she's tall
but no one notices
she's hiding behind a wall.
She's smart, yes-
but she's a mess
she's a C
Pretending to be
an A
and no one notices
that she's not okay.
Because nothing matters unless you
get the perfect score
and your expectations become more
and all you can do is cheat
to avoid to be beat
because
an
A
is
all
that
matters
and as her heart shatters
she keeps pushing
and pushing
and pushing
and studying
into her soul breaks.
She's trying to find X
when all of her life
is just giving her the question y
Why
Why
Why
until she pulls out the knife.

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