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it must be nice. (or: why i don't write much about my past) (Other) by kthulah
to hear with horror others' histories to have to work to muster sympathies to imagine what it feels like instead of knowing to feel a shock as if it is mindblowing to fear that it could happen to you someday to buy hope in a can of pepper spray it must be nice to know that someone gives a damn for you to write as if they care what you've been through to blast your pain to unsuspecting eyes to answer at least retroactively your cries to have them "poor girl" you and not "butch up" to drink from the feminist communion cup it must be nice but some of us don't get to be depressed we live or die ecstatic or distressed with no one but each other to lean on for others think we're born to shit upon the strong survive the weak just fall and rot wandering in the streets or just forgot so count your blessings for at least your curse if not relieved so timely could be worse

Up the ladder: Evening
Down the ladder: Roadmeat

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Arithmetic Mean: 3.2
Weighted score: 4.7854347
Overall Rank: 11287
Posted: August 23, 2002 5:09 AM PDT; Last modified: August 23, 2002 5:09 AM PDT
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[1] god'swife @ 24.126.113.154 | 23-Aug-02/9:27 AM | Reply
It's got 1 decent phrase in it, otherwise it's ridiculous. I mean if you bought a book and this was the kind of poetry you found in it you would be disappointed. Just because you can write doesn't mean you can Write. 1/10 for femenist communion cup.
[n/a] razorgrin @ 142.166.105.133 | 23-Aug-02/9:36 AM | Reply
god's wife: you're a whiny, pompous, arrogant bitch who wouldn't recognize good writing if it bit her in her middle-class ass. Though you can write moderately well, somehow you miss the point of every thing you read.
[1] god'swife @ 24.126.113.154 | 23-Aug-02/9:38 AM | Reply
yes darling, but what did you think of the poem?
[n/a] kthulah @ | 23-Aug-02/1:44 PM | Reply
I'll admit, the metre is a bit off, but those are the feelings, and that's how I put them out. It's what so many of us want to say, but are afraid to, because you're not allowed to remind a woman that Nature is neutral, and not on anybody's side but the strong, even if you are a woman who's been through hell.
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