Due this week

General Writing. Send in your best work – poems, short stories, essays. (Feel free to do it throughout the year, but this gives you a deadline.)
Deadline: Oct. 10.

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  • Click "create content" and create an ENTRY
  • Fill out "title," "author name, school & grade" and "prompt" boxes.
  • Paste story into "body."
  • Click "Submit." You are done.
    NOTES: Your account email must be accurate; a "blog" entry must be resubmitted as an ENTRY to be considered.

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emnoodlehead's picture
Submitted by emnoodlehead on July 29, 2008 - 09:07.

step into the brightly lit office room-
away from all natural light.
seat yourself at a beige cubical and
type at an empty computer.
have occasional awkward conversations with the
rude employee next to you.
pray that lunch isn't too far off.
shuffle into the break room without looking up-
that can cause more work from the boss to you. beware.
go back to your desk and tap tap tap tap
your pencil against the carpeted grey wall.
work more.
do less.
leave quickly.

sleep.

repeat.

sk8ergrl's picture

Good...

Submitted by sk8ergrl on July 31, 2008 - 17:35.

Good description. I like all the color detail and the noises. The stanza's are good too.

~KM

P.S.-Is this what you do??

emnoodlehead's picture

Thanks :) This is sort of

Submitted by emnoodlehead on August 1, 2008 - 21:43.

Thanks :)
This is sort of what I do. Those days are my in-office days which don't happen often.

sk8ergrl's picture

Cool

Submitted by sk8ergrl on August 7, 2008 - 14:00.

Cool =)

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