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Waiting For Slams is Like Preparing for a Hanging

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Submitted by DarkDecember on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 2:00pm

You know, I always associate
Waiting for my turn at a poetry slam
With really terrible things
Like sitting on death row
Or being led to sacrifice.

And y’know, I can’t help but think
I’m not the only one
Cause all the waiting poets I see
Are a shade of green
That would make the Wicked Witch of the West
Look like Key Lime Pie.

It’s kinda like being at a slaughterhouse
(Told you, terrible things)
You watch the other animals go forward
And you know you’re going to be next soon
And the people holding the axe
Show no mercy.

But it’s just the waiting that’s a slaughterhouse
Cause being on the stage
Is like being an assassin
Get in, do the job, get out
Feel no emotion.

And after you’re off is like Free Cone Day
Nothing in the world tastes sweeter.
 

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Huzzah!

Submitted by Zo-chan on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 5:20pm.

This is so completely true. :) I know I felt that way last weekend. Did you see how badly I shook onstage? I was about to drop my piece of paper and faint. But you didn't seem green at all! I envied your sense of calm when you walked up there and slammed the hell out of that poem! :) 

~Z 

 

 

ある所に、小さな夢がありました。誰が見たのかわからない、それは小さな夢でした -------> "Somewhere, there was a tiny dream. It was such a tiny dream that no one knew who had dreamt it..."

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DeathNoteMathChick-

Submitted by DarkDecember on Mon, 05/28/2012 - 6:19pm.

Hello, m'dear! Thank you! :) Oh, I promise I didn't feel like that. :D I kept rearranging the pens in my hair, fidgeting with my hands, when Geoff said I was on deck I made this little noise... oh, it was terrible. But it's just something you gotta... get up and do, y'know? I've done a couple, though, so I do know what to expect. :)

Thanks for the comment, m'dear, and glad you liked it,

December. :)

I wish I were pretty/I wish I were brave/If I owned this city/I would make it behave -Let the Rain, Sara Bareilles

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I love this so much. <3 The

Submitted by imperfect on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:36am.

I love this so much. <3

The analogies you made are awesome. and you did a great job when you slammed last weekend. or the weekend before. I cant really remember. all i know is i wish that was now.

i love your writing!!!

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I've never done a slam, and

Submitted by Shea_Savage on Wed, 08/15/2012 - 4:26pm.

I've never done a slam, and this kind of made me afraid to. The imagery was so vivid, I could actually feel the nerves.

This was so good, I'm sure you don't have much to worry about, though.

Great job!