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The Academic Bloodline

January 13, 2013
By nmk1128 SILVER, Fort Myers, Florida
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"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Drown out the fluidus fawn, the deer of dramatized thought
Read!
Read!
Standardize the enterprise of the mind and interpret nothing at all.
But tell us, tell me, I need it
Tell me a crashing market of work and a free world on the decline won't affect my mind
Lie to me, Lie!
A higher education that matters
Yes!
Yes!
Oh, how I wish I weren't mad;
Why do they not see as I?

© Halsey S., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
I wrote this while listening to my spanish teacher ramble on and on about pointless crap, and thought perhaps all this education stuff isn't exactly what meets the eye.
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StarlitSunrise DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 18 2013 at 4:15 pm
StarlitSunrise DIAMOND, Clemmons, North Carolina
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&quot;Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.&quot; ~Camille Pissarro

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I have actually read all of them. :) They are very good. Would you mind commenting on one of mine?
nmk1128 SILVER said...
on Feb. 17 2013 at 6:36 pm
nmk1128 SILVER, Fort Myers, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 23 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You don&#039;t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.&quot; - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Thanks for your feedback (: and I'm really glad you enjoyed this poem. Feel free to read the others if you'd like. ( I know commenting on them is a lot, but knowing someone is reading my work means a lot on it's own. )
StarlitSunrise DIAMOND said...
on Feb. 17 2013 at 5:43 pm
StarlitSunrise DIAMOND, Clemmons, North Carolina
56 articles 0 photos 253 comments

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&quot;Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.&quot; ~Camille Pissarro

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  I really like the fact that you got so worked up with this. I share a lot of the same feelings, so I understand the frustration you are conveying and admire the raw emotion you were able to capture. The title for this is very well chosen. In addition, I appreciate the natural flow of your words. This is one of the few poems where I feel like I can really ‘hear’ it in my head. Great work!