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March 26, 2010
By Holly McDede BRONZE, South Plainfield, New Jersey
Holly McDede BRONZE, South Plainfield, New Jersey
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sam (who is not a person)
says that life hates him.
holly (which is my name, so
i may be the one saying this)
says that life doesn’t hate him.
it is just squeezing him so hard
out of pure affection that he feels faint.
life (who is not a person, but a poem
scrawled onto a businessman’s napkin)
dances with him,
against the black tide of the night,
thrusts out its hips, throws him
in the air because it doesn’t know
the ’20s for the 2000s, taps its feet
until sam acquires a sophisticated dizziness & disease
and cannot walk anymore.
sam is still in school, and the teachers
(who were people once, or in some
cases, are still half-people, though most
are just ideas about succeeding in life
and applying for the future and another life once
there isn’t any more life or you left in you anymore)
say he should try harder to be healthy.
his parents agree, but he was never
an overachiever, he’s learning to be.
the parents (who were once people, too,
but are now art critics, and we are the artwork) scoff
and try to convince sam to pose as someone healthy
for their still life as they make blind assumptions
that there is still life.
holly (who might be me, but also might be you)
suggests once more that life doesn’t hate him.
life loves him. us. life loves us all. life loves us to
death, but only because school, parents, teachers,
conferences, dance classes, and life
can’t love anything to life anymore.



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on Sep. 9 2011 at 2:00 am
RaindropsCatcher GOLD, Sofia, Other
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Favorite Quote:
“I laugh, I love, I hope, I try, I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry. And I know you do the same things too, So we're really not that different, me and you.”

I liked this a lot. And the contents of the brackets, explaining who Sam, Holly, teachers and parents are, was perfectly truthful, honest and amazing. Good job!

cara_ruegg said...
on May. 21 2011 at 7:52 pm
cara_ruegg, Germantown, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
"live, laugh, love"

Wow, this is brilliant. Your style is so unique. I am really impressed. I hope to see more of your stuff published! Your writing style is amazing.

- Cara


on Jun. 15 2010 at 12:17 am
thelastclarissa GOLD, Worcester, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. "

so good! i especially love the whole parentheses thing you've got going, and i agree that you should check out some e.e. cummings poems. you have a similar style. =)

on Mar. 26 2010 at 5:51 pm
karaashley09 BRONZE, Grand Junction, Colorado
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This is very good Holly (who is you). It carries the same style as e.e. cummings. If you haven't read some of his poetry, which I thing that you have, you should.