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Submitted by Usagi on Tue, 09/14/2010 - 10:46pm
Found

[ http://www.foundmagazine.com/find/798 ]

 

Information rules

 

the rules of exchange

 

an eye for an eye

a tooth for a brush

a smile that glitters, and glows, and sells

medicine to clear your head

with some side effects

 

wide wide wide wide open up

 

all garage doors and no

more kids on skateboards

leaving skin on sandpaper asphalt,

hair, paint, signatures

and the date, please, and your name printed

legibly

 

Yes I choose to release my transcript

It's happier in the wild anyway

These hours of work shouldn't live in a filing cabinet

for reference purposes only

 

How much time is folded in those drawers?

How many lives locked away in cell E4

page 1 workbook one untitled

spreadsheet untitled student in

Excel. excel.

I tried.

but I'm mostly numbers and they

don't

add

up

to this much wasted time.

And Information is king,

Information rules, Information makes the rules,

the machine that changed

(or charged) the world.

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I love Found magazine

Submitted by Bailyraee on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 6:29am.

I check it all the time.

I think I love this so much because when I find a discovery that really speaks to me, I often wonder how it touches other people,

 

this does a great job of showing how this touched you, in the most artistic and elegantly depicted of ways -always.

 

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"The point is not understanding what I write but feeling it." -Bob Dylan

Enjoyable!

Submitted by ssaini on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 12:32pm.

 I found this piece of writing very insightful in that it allowed for a new perspective to be taken. We are all aware of the power of knowledge and what can be done with it. However, we tend to forget this and continue everyday without realizing this. I think this poem brings out the importance of knowledge and learning. For myself, I take away a good piece of advice for children in school that it is important to realize the positive effects of gaining an education. At the same time the poem speaks to enjoy what you learn and pursue that interest. The diction chosen really complimented the piece as a whole and made it more effective. I think the only suggestion I have is to use more elements of poetry within your writing. For example, using a hyperbole would make the poem more effective. Overall, great job!