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Bronwyn Wada-Gill Brilliant Gone Stupid“Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down” ~ Louis-Hector Berlioz Clicking Tapping Major frustration It was a good idea More than good Brilliant! But no I didn’t have a piece of paper, My hand was already smeared with ink, The shirt sleeve was too dark to write on Mom would have strangled me if I had written on her Calvin Klein jeans I lost it Completely It was a good idea! Now what am I writing? Writing how stupid I feel because I forgot my amazing, Incredible, Awesome, Tear-worthy, Hilarious, Sad, Idea! Now? Gone Replaced instead by random words Jumbled up awkwardly Not matching Not not matching Not not not making sense either Or was it not not not not making sense? Wow… Seriously?! No hope Nope It’s gone Gone Gone Gone Into oblivi-on Hey, that rhymed! No Fail Just like everything else about this poem Pshh… Stupid jeans |
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