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MopMustache

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PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:49 pm


(A few comments before I start. For one, I'm new and this is my first story to post here. Two, Although this seems more like a poem, my father reassured me it would fit into the Shorts category. Three, yes, I actually listen to my father. Four, please enjoy. I'm giving you permission now to comment, post, critique, etc. No flames, but do tell me what's wrong with it. Thanks.)

My mannequin sits on the train, but he refuses to look back at me.

"Look at me," I say to myself.
Look at me.

He doesn't look back

My stop.
Touch.
Touch.
Brush.

I brush by him, hoping he'll at least acknowledge me.

He doesn't look back.

White.
White.
Hot.
Ow.

Pain stings white hot as I slash my wrist dangerously close to my palm.

Slash.
A splash.
Crimson.

Another tally. He doesn't look back.

My beautiful mannequin. So cold and stiff.

Perfect.
Perfect.
So perfect.

Again. He's there again. And again.

And again.
Again.
Always there.

Thrown forward, the locker slicing three lovely scarlet lines on my face. Forced on the hard tile.

Freak.
b***h.
Die.

But my mannequin doesn't see. He wont look back.

What happened
to your
face? he'd ask.

It was an adventure, I'd say.

Tortured princess
fearsome dragons
a cold, perfect prince.

But he doesn't look back.

Black, black, black.

Polish.
Clothes.
Hair.
All black.
White.

My perfect mannequin wears white.

Don't hurt me.
Don't hurt me.
b***h.

Slammed and pushed. Black to red. Don't hurt me.

White.
White.
White.

I want to be white.

But he doesn't look back.

PostPosted: Thu May 21, 2009 12:07 pm


First of all, coming strictly from the 'Captain of the Guild' point of view I happen to have, it is a little bit more like a poem, but it's cool if it stays here.

Now, opinion-wise...
It's well-written if nothing else.
It's good, it is, but...

Heh, um, I don't get it.

Mind if I ask what inspired you to write it?

blazestonefire656


MopMustache

Mega Fatcat

PostPosted: Fri May 22, 2009 12:25 pm


(Ha! It was a poem, Dad!)

Okay, I was on an airplane and there was a boy, or rather the back of his head. I never saw his face, so that caused the "He doesn't look back" line.

This about a cutter. Everyday she takes the train to school, and she notices a boy. He's there everyday, but the never looks at her. She thinks she's in love with him, but she doesn't know him. She imagines talking to him and how she could make him look at her.

When she says "
Pain stings white hot as I slash my wrist dangerously close to my palm. Slash. A splash. Crimson. Another tally. He doesn't look back."


That's her cutting herself. She feels that she needs a reason for cutting herself, so she blames the boy on the train for not turning around. She thinks it's his fault she's doing this to herself.

She gets picked on, and even raped at the part,
"Thrown forward, the locker slicing three lovely scarlet lines on my face. Forced on the hard tile.

Freak.
b***h.
Die."


She starts getting even more depressed and she starts dressing in black, getting even more beat up. At one point, she is so hurt that her black clothes get stained red. ("Slammed and pushed. Black to red. Don't hurt me.")

At the end, she realizes that she can change. she doesn't have to be "Black". Maybe she is thankful to the boy for giving her the courage to become "White", but she never caught his eye.

(crappy explanation, but I have to go. byes.)
PostPosted: Fri May 22, 2009 1:25 pm


Oh, now I get it.
Ok, thank you.

I still feel kinda stupid for having to ask, but I do appreciate the explaination.
And it's still awesomely written. Good job!

blazestonefire656


MopMustache

Mega Fatcat

PostPosted: Sat May 23, 2009 1:23 am


Thank you! ^^

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 7:44 pm


Actually, I don't see this as a poem. But more as a prose, being a fan of prose myself, I like it.

To me, in my own personal opinion, hopefully it matters. :] But I see it as... Hmmmm.... A personal struggle from within, wanting to be something your not, and exerting the pain of that emotion onto yourself physically. If that makes sense.

That's what I got. =]

Different word placement, love the simple language, and the message that you have to dig in there for.

Certainly hoping to see more from you.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:08 pm


I like it. thats my simple answert razz
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