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January 28, 2013
By twitte14 GOLD, University Park, Maryland
twitte14 GOLD, University Park, Maryland
11 articles 2 photos 4 comments

I pretend to hate humanity
When really I cannot stay mad at anyone
for more than a few hours
Too forgiving, and a bit naive
Used more times than I've been the user
But I say it backwards to dispose of the
self hatred
I pretend to despise the girls and boys who party every weekend
The teens who brag about the memories
they cannot remember
Maybe I just want to experience my whole body vibrating from the blaring music
And laugh with friends about how hangovers are a curse from Satan the next morning
As opposed to being an insomniac
who stares at the ceiling at 3 a.m.
on a Friday night
I like to tell myself that I am the artistic type
Someone who will end up at a college in a cozy little funky town
Filled with cafes and vintage clothing shops
And men who take you to indie concerts
and quote Edgar Allan Poe during
conversations
But I do not fit in with that crowd completely
Or any crowd for that matter
That book lied
There are not perks to being a wallflower



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on May. 15 2013 at 5:10 pm
laurensoccer SILVER, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
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My favorite part of the poem was how real and genuine it was. It wasalmost like I was holding a conversation with you. You didn't withhold feelings, but you didn't overdo the emotion either. It was amazing.

on Feb. 3 2013 at 2:03 pm
Ecrivain SILVER, Minnetonka, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;You don&#039;t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.&quot;<br /> --F. Scott Fitzgerald<br /> <br /> <br /> &quot;A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.&quot;<br /> --Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is really... I'm not sure the right word. Very tired. Very melancholy. I can hear it in the voice, in the words you use. I like the plain-ness, the frankness of the writing. I just adore the line "that book lied"-- simple and powerful. Anway, beautiful job. 

on Feb. 3 2013 at 12:23 pm
shapeshifter56 GOLD, Cave Creek, Arizona
14 articles 0 photos 136 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Instead of waiting for the storm to pass, learn to dance in the rain.&quot;<br /> --Unknown Author

This is wonderful. Keep it up.

on Feb. 3 2013 at 8:33 am
LinkinPark12 PLATINUM, Lincolnshire, Other
45 articles 1 photo 198 comments

Favorite Quote:
Work like you don&rsquo;t need money, love like you&#039;ve never been hurt, and dance like no one&#039;s watching. &brvbar; I like change - but only when everything stays the same.

Wow this is really good :) I love it :D Well done.

KylieK GOLD said...
on Feb. 3 2013 at 4:40 am
KylieK GOLD, Mt. Washington, Kentucky
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;To love is to surpass one&#039;s self.&quot;

I really loved this. The voice is fantastic, I felt as if you were sitting in front of me and confessing these things. It was very, very beautiful.