Frightening

by Willard

Published February 1, 2014

In The Satirical Collection

I wake up to something,
That scared the living out of me.
I open the doors to realize,
The fridge is empty.

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Pan
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Pan commented Comment · Dec 2, 2014

u cn have my food, strange???

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Giselle97
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Giselle97 commented Comment · Feb 22, 2014

While reading this it made me realize how hungry I was but sadly all of my good food was gone. So I feel the struggle.

But anyway I loved it :)

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Renard
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Renard wrote a review Review · Feb 4, 2014

Me again! XD

This is certainly not what i expected.

'I wake up to someting' - this line comes across as very mysterious.
'That scared the living out of me.' - a very tactful phrase to convey the fear felt by the protagonist.
'I open the doors to realize' - the anticipation is really building by this point.
'The fridge is empty.' - LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOl

You have answered the prayers of a million people's first world problem here.
In this instance, my sterling advice would be to go food shopping. ;)

Great work, well done. :)

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Typer commented Comment · Feb 3, 2014

That was brilliant, and I certainly share that sentiment.

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FatCowsSis
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FatCowsSis wrote a review Review · Feb 2, 2014

Hey Strange! Sis here to review for you! Okay, I think I really only have one thing to suggest. The last line seems a bit....off. Rhythm and flow wise. Maybe if you added a that so it would sound like this:

I wake up to something,
That scared the living out of me.
I open the doors to realize,
That the fridge is empty.


That seems to flow better for me.

As always, hilariously amazing! Love your writing! Keep writing and as always keep smiling! See ya around the site and in the reviews!
-Sis

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Vivian
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Vivian commented Comment · Feb 2, 2014

Lol. ^o^ That caught me off guard.

TinyJarStoredDreams wrote a review Review · Feb 2, 2014

Hey Tiny here!


I agree with Fictional that it would be bit a more dramatic if the last line was separated from the rest of the poem. Also this could work with a bit leading up to it. It could go a little something like this:

I wake up to something,
That scared the living out of me.
I check under the bed,
And in my closet.

I go to check if it is alright down stairs.
Under the stairs is safe,
and so is the basement.

I open the doors for a jug of milk,
to find the horror.

The fridge is empty.

Just a suggestion c:

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Keep writing 8)

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fictional
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fictional wrote a review Review · Feb 1, 2014

Before I say anything, I'd like to suggest something: consider putting spaces between your lines, and changing up the punctuation . It'll make it more dramatic. For example:

I wake up to something

That scared the living out of me.

I open the doors to realize...




The fridge is empty.



But that's up to you, of course. Anyway, this was cleverly put.

Although if somebody inhabits a place containing a refrigerator, they are usually the one using the resources contained within said refrigerator, and would know beforehand if the fridge if nearly empty, leading to them either refilling it with more products or neglecting this duty, depending on how much of a procrastinator they are.

But they wouldn't be surprised, unless they had an extremely short-term memory.

This poem is off to a great start, though. I feel that it could use more elaboration - rant about the horrors of what you've witnessed, prolong the terrible effect of it. And then sneak in the part about the empty fridge. It would make the humor even more powerful.

Keep writing!!

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WallFlower
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WallFlower commented Comment · Feb 1, 2014

Haha I was expecting a monster under the bed or something. Man, that really just made me laugh!

Great poem :)



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