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“Have you thought about colleges yet?” MAG

July 5, 2014
By Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
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Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

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it’s been marinating in my stomach –
roiling and churning –
long past the expiration date,
and i can’t keep my teeth as cage bars
any longer (lest they rot)
so take this as it is,
not as an anonymous complaint or
a lawsuit to rob you,
but as a cut i had to let breathe
(bandaids are but
temporary,
no?)
when i picture my life five years
from now,
i somehow feel like i’ve seen
this movie before,
and i can’t say the plotline was all
too interesting the
first time (no
offense)
what i mean is –
we only get this one shot,
and maybe it’s
vain,
or maybe i have a complex,
but whoever decided that life
was a checklist? (college,
career, husband …)
and when I feel the void
staring back at me,
i don’t think about those things that
i’m supposed to want,
and live for – I see
faces
and places i haven’t yet seen (god,
there’re so many)
so i’m sorry, Grandma –
i know this isn’t polite dinner
conversation,
but before my worries surface and
rejoin the untouched peas
on my plate,
i have to describe just exactly how
it makes me feel
to look a vastly unexplored solar system
in the face,
and to answer your question
with “Harvard” (you’ve
assumed i’ll go anywhere
at all)
… and maybe your question
isn’t so polite,
either

© Shannon R., Playa Del Rey, CA

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Jade.I.Am ELITE said...
on Jan. 5 2015 at 2:47 am
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

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Thank YOU. Hope you had a wonderful holiday :)
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 17 2014 at 10:59 am
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
81 articles 5 photos 1486 comments

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To love is to be vulnerable; Triumph is born out of struggle; We notice shadows most when they stand alone in the midst of overwhelming light.

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Also! Congrats on having this published, though I don't know when ti was; but you truly deserve it! :) Thank you, again!
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 17 2014 at 10:58 am
EmilytheBelleofA. DIAMOND, Athens, Georgia
81 articles 5 photos 1486 comments

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To love is to be vulnerable; Triumph is born out of struggle; We notice shadows most when they stand alone in the midst of overwhelming light.

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Haha, I love this! This is absolutely, amazing. I love how it was inspired from. The inspiration and the creation are just phenomenal. What's crazy, is that I was recently thinking about colleges; despite that I maybe too young to think about that, haha.But anyways, I absolutely love this. It's just perfect. :) I know I've said this before, but I'm going t repeat it because it's so true: You are amazing. You really do have a talent and greatness and light in you. And you are a amazing and talented writer and person. Thank you so much, my friend! For sharing this. :) 
TargonTheDragon GOLD said...
on Oct. 16 2014 at 10:24 pm
TargonTheDragon GOLD, Ofallon, Missouri
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i used to get all queasy when mentioning of vomit happend, but this analogy is so very fitting. like, i cant describe how PERFECT it fits. i feel like all your inspiration is like a reverse prism, whatever light beams go in dont split into  different colors, its the multicolors that go in and form a single, perfect, complete idea made from all those crazy inspirations. way to funnel all into a great piece! 
Jade.I.Am ELITE said...
on Jul. 14 2014 at 9:26 pm
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

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Thanks! You too. Nice to see ya again :P
Carpe-Caffeam GOLD said...
on Jul. 14 2014 at 2:45 pm
Carpe-Caffeam GOLD, No Where, Florida
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Haha, so true. I'm finding that this problem is annoying as I'm searching for colleges myself right now. :) Congrats on the Editor's Choice award! Sorry that I have been gone for so long and have neglected Teenink in the process. Ah well. Nice to get back and see a couple of poetical gems that had risen in my absence. Have a great day! :)