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The Reasons Why

February 22, 2012
By mdoering PLATINUM, Phoenix, Arizona
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&ldquo;Sure, I can talk like you, but I choose not to, It&#039;s like an art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he could paint the right way, before he goes putting both eyes on the side of a face... See if you paint wrong because that&#039;s the best you can do, you just a chump. But you do it because you want to? Then you&#039;re an artist...You can take that to the grave and dig it up when you need it.&rdquo; <br /> ― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

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I like to make my words sing
And dart across the page
In temperate, deliberate strokes

My words are more beautiful
Than the darkest of paintings,
More vibrant
Than the loudest of tunes

And I love them
Like I love my family
And the bite of thin winter air

They are a product of
My privileged life
And cynical nature

And I force them out of me
In hopes that this
Pure and intimate extension of myself
Will someday become salvation
For somebody similar

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Oreozz SILVER said...
on Feb. 26 2012 at 7:21 pm
Oreozz SILVER, Palmer, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only thing I would change about you is your last name&quot;

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Gorgeous poem!! I can't help but love it(:
tomtomtom said...
on Feb. 26 2012 at 6:30 pm
your word choice and imagery are both pretty amazing:) 
mdoering PLATINUM said...
on Feb. 24 2012 at 11:35 pm
mdoering PLATINUM, Phoenix, Arizona
39 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Sure, I can talk like you, but I choose not to, It&#039;s like an art, you know? Picasso had to prove to the world he could paint the right way, before he goes putting both eyes on the side of a face... See if you paint wrong because that&#039;s the best you can do, you just a chump. But you do it because you want to? Then you&#039;re an artist...You can take that to the grave and dig it up when you need it.&rdquo; <br /> ― Neal Shusterman, Unwind

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thank you so much :)
unknown-pleasures BRONZE said...
on Feb. 24 2012 at 10:20 pm
unknown-pleasures BRONZE, Tucson, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.&quot;

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This is absolutely beautiful.