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When You Take a Word Apart

October 2, 2011
By StarryRoss GOLD, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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StarryRoss GOLD, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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"Writing is the socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." -E.L. Doctorow

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When you take a word apart,
you cut it into pieces.
When you take a word apart,
it seems so much uglier.
Ribb
Ons.
Mel
Ody.
Be
Au
Tiful.
How
Ug
ly
Is that

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gottagetout17 SILVER said...
on Oct. 11 2011 at 5:43 pm
gottagetout17 SILVER, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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I love this. It's one of those things you don't know what you like about it except everything! haha
B. said...
on Oct. 11 2011 at 3:08 pm
Ha! I never thought about that! But it's true. I think more of an ending, more of a final thought, could make this better though.
ErictheRed SILVER said...
on Oct. 11 2011 at 12:34 pm
ErictheRed SILVER, Overland Park, Kansas
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I like the format, and the lack of angst is quite refreshing.
Kristi184 BRONZE said...
on Oct. 10 2011 at 3:05 pm
Kristi184 BRONZE, Cheyenne, Wyoming
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that was really good and its a good eye opener it makes me stop and think its really really good
CourteneyTOXICITY BRONZE said...
on Oct. 10 2011 at 7:49 am
CourteneyTOXICITY BRONZE, Sacramento, California
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I really like that!
StarryRoss GOLD said...
on Oct. 9 2011 at 6:58 pm
StarryRoss GOLD, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Thanks guys, i appreciate your feedback! Hmm, for elaboration, i guess when we glance at words, they're just regular words. But when you really think about it, stare at it, feel it on your tongue, it starts to sound really strange. Like all these words are a cacophonous string of syllables but when we hear them so often, it escapes from our mind
TheHangingGirl BRONZE said...
on Oct. 9 2011 at 1:24 pm
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Astounding really. It opened my eyes, and I never really thought of it that way. How is this not in the magazine?
eulalia joseph BRONZE said...
on Oct. 9 2011 at 11:29 am
eulalia joseph BRONZE, Tsumeb, Other
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Interesting could you ellaborate