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that glow

by woolmittens


when he died it was snowing
like this
hard and hard and icy and hard
nadia said to me you must hate the adminstrators
if they'd canceled school he would
still be alive
i'd never thought about it like that before
even the man in the truck
that hit him
is faceless in my head and i dont
want to shoot him
if i saw him i would probably turn away
i would probably cry and cry
even though i can't hardly let anything out right now
i'm dry inside
i'll never have children
but i have this ball
its red and it lights up with fire lights
when you drop it on the floor
sometimes i hold it near my face
and pretend i am holding
the light of the world
i throw it into the air
i wish i could throw it so far that my brother could catch it
from his perch in the sky
and hold a little piece of me
and know that i remember even if i
cant cry


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Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:13 am
nickelpickle says...



omg...this was amazing...make a few correctoins and it will be great,...i pray that this didn't actually happen to you...if it did, i am so teribbly sorry..




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Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:50 pm
convintojm says...



the ending is really good (with the ball) but the rest seemed just ok. i'd like to see it with some of niteowl's suggestions.




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Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:46 pm
woolmittens says...



thanks for the crit especially the 2nd one(niteowl) which was nice and harsh. this obviously needs work and i'll be sure to do some on it. thanks again
wm




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Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:21 am
niteowl wrote a review...



Well, I'm not really sure how the title relates to the poem, but it's pretty good, with a few little errors.

hard and hard and icy and hard


Ok seriously, I get it, it's hard. You don't have to tell me three times.

nadia said to me you must hate the adminstrators


Administrators is spelled wrong, and I think you should capitalize Nadia. But that's your choice.

even though I can't hardly let anything out right now


Do you really need me to point out can't hardly? You may have done this intentionally, but I don't like it.

i'll never have children


Ok this could just be me being stupid and ignorant again, but huh? I don't get how this line fits with the rest of the poem.

Ok, now that I've pointed out all the errors I'll point out what I liked.

i wish that i could throw it so far that my brother could catch it
from his perch in the sky
and hold a little piece of me
and know that i remember even if i
can't cry.


You could probably split that first line into two lines, but it's still beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

Overall, a pretty good poem.




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Mon Feb 28, 2005 2:11 am
Sam says...



this was really good. I don't know what to say...it was very beautiful, and obviously heart-felt. I would be mad at the administrators too...Did this really happen to you? If so, I'm sorry.





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