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Don_Juan
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since 2004-04-08
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Far from where I am going

0 posted 2004-04-22 11:04 PM



Walls of Ignorance

Forever reoccurring
just about as reassuring
as a blow to the head by someone
who says your not worth the air you breathe
you can never have an ego
or confidence if you never succeed
but if you succeed at failing
are you good at something?
those who have an ego
know nothing
but seem to know everything
in the eyes of the ignorant.
and so on this trend
life continues as we know it
in this race of popularity
among ignorance
that we call school.
if this is
your idea of education
please just let me go on
in life in stupidity.
it's a travelling circus
that is stationary
and manditory for attendance
yet we never really
benefit from what we go through.
as murder of the individual
gives way to the uprising
of the crowd
we are taunted and persecuted
forced to watch and bear witness
to the destruction of society
through the actions
of those we adore
within these walls of ignorance

just one i wrote in my spare time. i hope you like it

nice use of muffin

© Copyright 2004 John Lervezuk - All Rights Reserved
Allysa
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In an upside-down garden
1 posted 2004-04-23 01:02 PM


...but if you succeed at failing
are you good at something?...

yes

young_blood
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since 2003-09-19
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2 posted 2004-04-23 07:09 PM


good analogies. i enjoyed the word usage. good work
loner187
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since 2004-03-21
Posts 106
Upstate New York
3 posted 2004-04-23 11:08 PM


Nice, gave me goose bumps. I can totally relate, that wall of ignorance is at my school, too. All the egos and popularity contests and judging...yeap, you said it right. Of course, I don't take to it and follow the chains of the "popular" people or anything like that. Good job.

What if the hokey pokey is what it's all about?

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