Upside-Down

by HMMHhehe

Published June 23, 2026

In Poetry

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tHE WORLD IS uPSIDE-dOWN

iS THIS HOW YOU FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU DROWN

nOTHING IS RIGHT

mAYBE SOMEBODY TURNED OFF THE LIGHT?

  

uPPERCASE IS LOWERCASE

aND LOWERCASE IS UPPERCASE

wHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERYTHING WENT   -    BACKWARDS][SDRAWKCB

oN! tUP TI KCAB! ][ i'M IN THE LETTER THAT JUST GOT SENT

  

wOULD YOU MIND HELPING

iS THAT EVEN A THING?

tHE BACK IS THE FRONT AND THE FRONT IS THE REAR-

gET ME OUT OF HERE!

  

sTEPPING ON THE CEILING

iS THAT THERE A WEDDING...?

tHE HUSBAND IN THE WHITE DRESS, THE BRIDE IN THE SUIT

gUESS IT'S THEIR OWN FREEDOM - THE CROWD IS MUTE

    

sCREAMING VOICES: IT'S THE BIRDS

mY FRIEND IS CHIRPPING IN ONE OF THE HERDS

  

sPINNING sPINNING sPINNING i DON'T LIKE THIS

sPINNING sPINNING EVERYTHING'S A HISS...

aAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH...

Wha - ? 

Guess I'm back.

   

Huh. But  - now there's a lack

How can I, after all this, be

Without the extraordinary?

   

I guess I'll just have to

Write books.

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LayLay2013 wrote a review Review · Jun 24

Hi Laylay here and amazing work. I love the creativity when you wrote this line: oN! tUP TI KCAB!
I was really impressed. Put the words backward did make me struggle a bit but once I understood I was dumb founded. This was creative once again haven't seen something like this since slicing.
I feel like i am stepping into that upside-down world you described—where nothing is quite as expected, but everything is strangely exciting. One moment you’re grounded, the next you’re walking on the ceiling of possibility. Sure, it’s disorienting, like someone flipped the lights or swapped the rules, but that’s part of the thrill. Here’s to embracing the backward, the sideways, and the completely unexpected—because in this new chapter, the weird twists might just be where the magic happens. *sorry if that made no sense it sounded better in my head lol*

HMMHhehe replied · Jun 24

Yaaaay thank you for the review!!! It does make sense, that was what I was trying to say - but much better described :) Thanks again!

NotReallyHuman wrote a review Review · Jun 23

Hi. Elias here for a short review. I think.

Woah. I was so confused at the start. But I kind of get that feeling. I like the rhyme scheme in the beginning, and how it changes. Like, it goes
a
a
b
b
c
c
d
d
and so on, but then it suddenly stops rhyming when you reach the part where you start typing normally again.

I really liked this part:

[SDRAWKCB

oN! tUP TI KCAB! ]


I struggled on it for a full 5 minutes, ngl, but then I deciphered it. I liked where it said "Put it back!" although, there is a typo in backwards spelled backwards, it would be sdrawkcab, not sdrawkcb because that spells bckwards. missing an A ^^.

Overall I really enjoyed this poem, it made me laugh. Keep it up!!

- Insanity

HMMHhehe replied · Jun 23

Yaaaaay thanks for the review!!! Also ty for noticing the typo, I'm going to change it - and oc for taking the time to make this review! q(%u2267%u25BD%u2266q)

HMMHhehe replied · Jun 23

oh sorry that last part didn't go through well...

I'm giggling



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