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Another Heather
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since 2000-02-17
Posts 93
Canada

0 posted 2000-03-15 02:39 AM



People you've been before
Watch the dying day
With clenched jaw, fists.
Angry mothers
Lay the blame
Perhaps she's deserving
Authority here is a joke

Rehearsals can wait
Real-life comes first
Why can't she see that?
What right does she have
To put bad thoughts in your heads?
Guidance here is a joke

It's not your fault
It's not his fault
Don't listen to them
You have the right to be mad
You have every reason
To be mouthy
You had the right of way
She should have used her brakes.


 "Be yourself... No matter what they say"
- Sting

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wonderous
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since 2000-02-29
Posts 75

1 posted 2000-03-15 04:20 AM


wow
i didnt understand it untill i read the last few lines.
is this based on a real life incident?

childomine
Senior Member
since 2000-01-25
Posts 818
st. petersburg, FL
2 posted 2000-03-15 10:04 AM


I'm at a loss for words I'm afraid.  Terribly sad.  
Another Heather
Member
since 2000-02-17
Posts 93
Canada
3 posted 2000-03-16 02:23 AM


This is based on a real-life incident but not the obvious one, that was just a metaphor. It's actually about these two teachers at my old school, one who told a grade 8 student that it was his fault that his best friend died, another who kicked two students out of a play beacused they missed rehearsals due to deaths in the family and just a bunch of other things that were completely out of line and totally wrong. It just made me really mad but no one actually got hit by a car.....

 "Be yourself... No matter what they say"
- Sting

Mrobi3543
Junior Member
since 2000-03-12
Posts 29
Philadelphia, PA
4 posted 2000-03-16 07:23 PM


I really like this...one thing that really disgusted me when I was in school was when the "authority" figures...teachers...would make unjust decisions and generally there wasn't much recourse for the students.
Aimster
Member Elite
since 2000-02-19
Posts 4297
Charlotte, NC
5 posted 2000-03-17 05:01 PM


~A.H.

A trulu impacting and powerful poem you have here, my friend!! This speaks VOLUMES to me!! I think it's so unfair when grown people such as teachers (who definitely should have compassion) make judgement calls such as these. To tell a student that it is their fault, their best friend died...WOAH but that is way out of line! I am glad that you were able to express your anger through poetry! Good poem!

AMY  

 ~Live today as though it were your last but prepare for tomorrow as though it were here~

Little_Spyro
Senior Member
since 2000-01-09
Posts 659
San Diego, CA, USA
6 posted 2000-03-19 03:20 AM


Yeah, I couldn't see the last couple lines coming...and don't even get me started on injustices, there's just too many of them...
And you put it all into one poem so well, Heather! Incredible poem!  

Little Spyro T. Dragon

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