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They can be your shield in combat,            
Blocking you from all harm.                      
They can be a sturdy shoulder,                 
For which, to rest your arm.                      

They'll stand by your side,                       
Pick you up when your down.                   
They may be all you've got,
In a small, deserted town.

They'll give you things
That you'll appreciate.
They'll stick with you,
'Till the Korean Strait.

They'll cook you dinner,
How 'bout stew?
I can think of more uses,
How about you?

Your friends can be books,
All shiny and new,
Just don't overlook them,
You can lose them too.


Remembering what you have.

I was walking down the sidewalk,
when I suddenly noticed how.
The palm tree gave me quite a shock!
It was all about the bough.

It's branches all spread out,
Gave the birds their own chauffeurs.
This recognition caused a shout,
Thinking of my ancestors.

First came the thought,
Of my beloved Mom and Dad,
But it all turned to naught,
And I turned very sad.

The leaves on the tree
were following one another.
The only thing left to me,
Was me, and my brother.

Dear Diary,

 

What a world!
Yesterday I was nothing but jolly,
Now I'm angry,
Yelling all sorts of folly!
 
I'm feeling sad...
My favorite cartoon was canceled today.
Guess I'm relieved,
I'll make something for Valentine's Day
 
Can't you see?
This stuff is really gross!
Mom, I'm disgusted,
Your cooking's making me quite morose!
 
How Amazing!
This movie is so cool!    
Everyone has to see this.
Theres a 1 Billion dollar jewel!
 
That was pretty fun!
Our picnic had a great surprise!
You should have been there
Cause there were six flies in this one guy's pies!
 
I'm happy again!
I'm going to bed and I had one heckuva good day.
I went through more emotions today
than there are numbers on an alphanumeric display!
 
Global Disaster!
 
Oceans will overflow!
The grandest cities will go!
Earth will burn all up.
We're all going to die...yup.
 
The ozone layer is gone!
Hellish fiends will spawn!
Birds won't sing anymore
And waterfalls will cease to pour.
 
Fights will break out in the street!
The government, it will be defeat!
When global warming reaches its final point,
It's no doubt that it will disappoint.
 
Why do we damage ourselves,
The north pole won't have any elves!
Superman won't be able to save!
The warming will lead us to our grave...

The Most Horrible Place In The World

Homework is due and I haven't turned it in.
Teachers are teaching but
It might as well belong inside of a trash bin.

I don't really much care,
My senses are telling me
That school's really unfair.

You know those times where you have a project due,
And your wishing you were somewhere else.
Man, Right now I'm thinking of flying to Peru.

Who ever invented this horrible thing?!
If I ever find out, they're in for a beating,
I'll challenge them to the wrestling ring.

The only good part about this dump is that you make friends.
In my opinion, that's not a hundredth
Of what should be given in amends.

Have I already said this place is pretty useless?
I'm stuck here for years and years to come!
Hear my plea, my plea of distress!

Teenagers
 
Teens are teens
And that's all they are.
They smell bad, do stupid things,
And they're usually kind of bizarre.
 
What do you expect
from a lazy teen.
They sit on their butts
And are quite obscene.
 
And others are cool
And others are rude
Some go surfin' and mumble
"Sup Dude..."
 
They can be nice
And they can be mean.
What do you expect from a lazy teen?
 
Teens are teens
And that's all we are.
We may be strange but
We're not from Mars!
 
 
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BodyBoarding Misery

 

I'm looking to the left,

And the coast is clear

And I look to the right,

It's time to raise the gears.

 

I'm paddling hard,

My muscles ache.

For that is the wave

That I must take.

 

Two surfers to one side

and an ocean to my left.

If I'm to reach that wave,

My hands are to be deft

 

Paddle harder,

my dream is almost there.

For if I never reach that wave,

I know there'll be dispair.

 

I've got it,

I've reached th peak.

As soon as I turn around,

Those surfers will be on a losing streak!

 

I've reached it

And a barrel's forming over my head.

It's so great and... Wait, theres an awesome wave over there!

Wish I coulda taken the other one instead...

 

Some Crazy Dude Named George (And the Imaginary Friend)

 

It was a beatuiful summer morning.

And the birds were all chirping.

In the city suburb,

a man was resting on the curb.

-I'm feeling a bit hot today

    Said George

 -Cool He would say

 

George was walking in the park

When he heard a loud bark

-Lets go buy a Dog George exclaimed

-Sure He would acclaim

 

George was at his house

As as he took a bath, become roused

by something

and as if he were king,

He said

    -I want you to mak me a peanut butter and

    jelly sandwich

-I'm leaving he said. As he

    turned on the car's ignition switch.

 

-What? No! Please don't do this to me!

I'm stupid, and bad, and I'm very sorry!

-You had your chances you silly man.

I'm just a thought, and I'm leaving in this van!

 

And so George's creation was never seen again

    by the forger

He went crazy and some called him The Crazy Georger!

And one day, They found out that George was dead

And the news was widespread.

 

His imaginary thought came to his funeral

And he came with a cereal bowl.

When a lady saw that floating bowl she screamed

The imaginary friend fell into George's very own hole

 

And they were reunited for years and years and years and... well you know!

 

Suffering

 

Why is it that we live in this cruel world?

Where secrets,death, and pain are all unfurled.

Why are we here, and how do we survive?

I guess the human race was meant to thrive.

 

It might just be part of our daily lives.

And if we treat it right, it might revive.

If you think about it, we're really safe

Even as it affects the bravest waif.

 

It is something within all of our souls,

It shall not leave us, even on parole.

 

The Road Not Taken
By Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.



William Ernest Henley
. 1849–1903
 
7. Invictus
 
OUT of the night that covers me,  
  Black as the Pit from pole to pole,  
I thank whatever gods may be  
  For my unconquerable soul.  
  
In the fell clutch of circumstance          5
  I have not winced nor cried aloud.  
Under the bludgeonings of chance  
  My head is bloody, but unbowed.  
  
Beyond this place of wrath and tears  
  Looms but the Horror of the shade,   10
And yet the menace of the years  
  Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.  
  
It matters not how strait the gate,  
  How charged with punishments the scroll,  
I am the master of my fate:   15
  I am the captain of my soul.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The Really Strange Poem
 
 
This is a story
'Bout a little boy.
It was christmas time
And he got a little toy.
 
 
He got a laptop,
It was the best of its kind.
And he played with that little
thing 'till he got blind.
 
 
He left the optometrist
With a cane in one hand,
And he tripped on a rock
And he started to demand.
 
 
I want my laptop!
It's the only thing I need.
He rushed on home at
execution speed!
 
When he got home
he just started to cry!
I can't see my computer
So I think I'm gonna die!
 
That poor little boy
Cried for years and years
'Till he got an eye from
His dog and one from his peers.
 
Yay, I'm so happy
Thats all he would shriek.
Now he speaks in tongues,
Some call it leetspeak.
 
He would use terms such as
kewl and omg.
But one day his house
was raided by a SWAT squad.
 
Omg, git outta here!
The squad just wouldn't listen.
And just when things couldn't get any worse,
That boy was just reported missin'
 
He should've had it his way.
He was a troubled boy,
with no brains, no eyes,
and most importantly, no toy...