Thirsty

by deletedaug23

Published February 22, 2014

In The Satirical Collection

I've been walking,

On this lonely desert.

Sweat pouring out,

And lips just like leather.

It's been three days,

Since human contact.

I'm slowly slipping away,

My sanity no longer in tact.

It's not water or food,

That's not what it is.

The reason why is,

That no one liked my Facebook status.

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Jokaly
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Jokaly wrote a review Review · Feb 26, 2014

Strange!
Your poem was unpredictable. Reading the first lines created a suspense feeling and then there was that funny twist, the facebook status. It was very smart and playful for you to describe being on a lonely desert to no one liking your facebook staus.

Thank you for writing that strange yet wonderful poem. Keep writing.

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ladcat13
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ladcat13 wrote a review Review · Feb 23, 2014

Guess who... yeah, it's me! Boo.

I'm always fond of satire, and strange satire is best! (See what I did there? yeah. *Derpy face*) Anyway, I'm of a similar opinion to yours! The only reason I have a Facebook is for People to People. I don't get it when people get worked up over Facebook... YWS is more worth it than Facebook.

You have two little mistakes in here:

"My sanity no longer in tact." I assume you meant "intact", though it may be a stylistic choice... If it is, its a rather strange one.

Also, in the second to last line, "The reason why is," is a fragment. I know you have to end that line with "is", but I think you also need to include "it" in there. I don't know how you would do that... That's your problem :D

So, you did a great job with the vivid descriptions and the clever lines! I love it, as usual. Keep writing!

-Ladcat

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Zainab wrote a review Review · Feb 22, 2014

Haha I was so pleasantly surprised by the ending. Only nitpicks are that I'd remove some of the commas between lines as they break the flow when I read. At the moment it's very stop-and-start and therefore a little jarring. Also the rhyming for "it is" and "status" seemed a little forced. Well done, this was a funny poem :)

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MyersRockin
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MyersRockin commented Comment · Feb 22, 2014

ahhahahaha it kept me in suspense about its topic.



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