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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
Alternate: Splat! Use that word in a story or a poem.

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notmeant2be's picture

Ignorance

A glass filled with water
Just waiting to be sipped
But as the hand reaches out, it suddenly stops
Another hand, comes forward and grabs that glass
Downs the water in a single gulp
Not knowing that the water was for someone...
Someone who needed it more than them
Someone who couldn't get it themselves
Someone who had been through more than they could imagine
And the worst part was, that someone,
Was family

Somethings

Some things just can't be said
About the things I've wanted to say to you.
Some things just can't be shown
About the way I feel about you.
Some things just can't be known
About the things I've wanted to do for you.
Some things just can't let go
Of the littles things we have in common
Sometimes, I cry myself to sleep
Wishing I would have
Done something different,
Said something different,
Somethings just want to cry out
"We are perfect for eachother,
Can't you see?"
Why can't I say the things
I've been longing to say to you
Why can't I do the things
I've been longing to do for you
Why can't I show the things
I've been longing to show you
I'm not very fair to myself
I always cut myself short
Guess all I'll have to do
Is wait for you to come around
And to give me a chance

pineapple_babbit's picture

Want to be Part

another group party,
another hijacked computer,
another random poem.
The one I like,
Is playing guitar hero,
With another girl
dancing and keeping beat,
I can't help but watch.
He even left the room,
still playing,
still keeping the beat and the tune,
and still winning.
Another guitar hero is going on
on the couch,
Next to a kid playing music on his laptop.
Another two,

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