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My friends, this blog is dedicated to those men and women who go out of their way to be remarkably interesting. In other words, all of those fascinating Stanton students (or, in the rarest of cases, students from other schools) can join this blog to appreciate creative writing developed by us students. I, Braden Beaudreau, the creator of this blog, will post my past, present, and future works on this website, and those who join and comment will get the same opportunities. May all of you live in happiness and peace, and never forget: being interesting is the only way to stand out from the masses.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Shatter

If you aim your force directly

at the perfect

point,

there is a chance you may break something.

If it’s something that you won’t do now

or something that you’ll wait to,

There’s little chance you’ll take a stand

say to their face, “I hate you.

Or rather, what you stand for,

it’s not confidence or power-

Do you take perverted pleasure

watching lesser mortals cower?”

If I know I know more deeply

what you’re trying to describe,

Why should I not give a shudder

at your petty diatribe?

Now it’s winter, there’s no energy

for me to keep on trying.

“What’s the point? Fuck off,

accept this fact:

We’ll all just end up dying.”

3 comments:

  1. i actually really liked this one, a lot. I love the structure - you introduce the theme with a statement, then incorporate two speakers: what is, and what should(could?) be. The end is absolutely perfect as well. great stuff!

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  2. It was a good piece. I personally did not thing the opening was very strong, but the ending was very good. I also liked the speakers- not something one always sees.

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  3. I liked some of it, but the "if" statements kind of got to me. Like, maybe its the computer science, but I mean, I was kind of thinking "if ____ is true then _____"

    but the poem obviously don't fall into those categories.

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