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Published: 2009-04-11 18:40:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 413; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 7
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i figure i'll end in tragedy.i'll move to new york city, find a studio
for $1500, write poems during the day,
go to concerts at night,
song write for seven bands destined
to go nowhere, date six girls
who's future will end up nowhere,
get wasted on five different illegal
somethings, country hop to France,
Italy, Denmark, England, meet everyone,
know everyone, have all their
numbers in my three phones,
come home from the clubs two in the
morning, release a book of poetry
hoping it'll be a number one best-seller,
mess with the stars, get
in tabloids, get on tv, get in music
videos, cameos in movies, voice-overs
for commercials, going to book
readings and signing autographs.
i'll be in five car accidents and one
terrifying plane crash that i'll walk
away from. sued twice and sue someone
once. get married, divorced, married,
divorced, married, married, divorced,
divorced (those secret marriages never
work) and try to deny one of three
kids as mine.
i haven't decided how i'll die, but it'll
bring countries to it's knees, worse
than Princess Di, sadder than John Lennon,
and tears will flow, raise sea levels, it'll
be awful and sad, "such a shame!" they'll
all say, "so young, the genius!" but i'll still
be praised, hailed, studied and emulated for years;
my books will be in every girl's
bookshelf, my phrases will be on the
tip of every guy's tongue
trying to pick up girls, i'll be on every
mother's black list tagging with the
naysayers debunking my work, for
naught; i'll have been a legend by then.
i'll be it all. i'll leave the scene
being this super hero, a super star, a
mega everything-you're-not with limits
being fiction for me and reports that
i'm still alive living on years after.
my biopic will be the hit at Sundance
and i'll be clinking champagne with
Elvis and Tupac on a island Rand-McNally
happened to forget to map.
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Comments: 18
I think the tone is very fitting. I get this voice in my head that sounds like a confident young man saying this. I keep reading this over and over and feeling like the subject matter is overused but I simply do not get that impression after I finish re-reading it completely.
The way you phrase certain things so cleverly gives this a fresh and new feeling. It doesn't feel like a overdone lament of excess and a fame driven culture. It's discussion-through-narration is full circle. You go through the poem and observe the rashness and devil-may-care attitude but then you remember the beginning lines, "i figure i'll end in tragedy", and then you sit and think about what a tragedy it is to have accomplished and done everything impulsive and great and then you still die and become just a memory.
I'm really fond of this and feel it's pretty strong.
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Amazing, simply amazing. Thank you for the kind, kind remarks. I'm quite fond of this piece, as it is, too. ^_^
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i posted this one on my myspace bulletin the other day, this poet i have added fell inlove with it
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that makes me more than happy. wow, knowing people actually love my words. 
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this is a fun read and reminds me a bit of Rules of Attraction for some reason
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that was a movie right? and a good one, I believe. so this is a good thing. 
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it is a book by Brett Easton Ellis (who also wrote American Psycho),
but, yeah, they turned both books into films.
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oh yeah, it was a good movie then.
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This is your new most brilliant piece ever. Every time you update, I'm shocked. Then you update again and I am further blown away. I love this, especially the third stanza. EPIC.
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wow! amazing praise. I'll take it! glad you found it so arresting.
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This =
My favorite part?
sued twice and sue someone
once. get married, divorced, married,
divorced, married, married, divorced,
divorced (those secret marriages never
work) and try to deny one of three
kids as mine.
It made me giggle, because this is true--if only slightly exaggerated.
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its so true though! they (famous ppl) do the craziest things when it comes to marriages!
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