this sort of reminds me of when i was younger and my parents disapproved of the way i always read books and never talked to anyone because i would rather live the neatly plotted stories of novels than the dull one i had full of dull characters who talked too much and never said anything worth hearing.

great expectations was and is a tad disappointing. but that's ok- i like you too.

lol.

love the summary on this one.

it's interesting how you insert random internal rhymes here and there; it really adds to the general flow of the poem in a nicely choppy way

i tried to read charles dickens once and failed miserably. bor-ing. (at least to me)

i have a neon green rain coat. it is pretty dang wicked.

excellent poem. i love "pale is the new tan." there's a shirt like that, too.

I love the dog tags line. I love this poem. I like you style a lot. (Panic! At the Disco to!)

Amazing. I love the word choices, the flow, the creativity put into this piece.

_ Nice work!

(And THANK YOU for so many of your wonderful reviews!)

Great job, I especially liked "Violence takes energy, with combative pensAnd overzealous thoughts, modesty isJust a polite way to brag (to make us twist andgag)"so it up.-pammy-x3

i love this! its so well written, just beautiful.

haha combative pens. I like your take on the title of that horrid book (well maybe not horrid, but dreadful). I love the part in italics. I like this one...alot.

wow. this was writting quite differently, but i liked it. nice job.

I probably didn't catch all the references to Charles Dickens because I've never read anything by him, but this poem was greatgreatgreat (sorry, I'm going through a third one's a charm phase). I think the line that stuck out the most in my mind was "modesty is/just a polite way to brag" because, god, that is so true-people always want to know too much and when you say too little, it only gets you more attention (or at least, that's what I've found anyway). I loved the part in italics. And the idea of paper-cut eyes that don't bleed.

pretty cool. i liked the second verse but to be honest, this one didn't really strike me as good as your others. great ending though, keep writing,

mez

Seriously great writing here, it's very unique. I love this part; 'pale is the new tan)/And sex is the new love'- that's brilliant. I love the italicized bit too, it made me think. And I love the idea of modesty being a polite way to brag.

You're very talented. Keep writing.

Dickens is one of the impenetrable and irrelevants. He doesn't matter just as much as his work is revered; it depends which you believe. Dull scissors; that line was refreshing. And the personal air this contains leaks into me, and I agree that sex is becoming the new love. Perhaps it always has been, but it's only now emerging. Peace.

i love this. it's really abstract. i'm all for abstract poetry. the metaphors were creative so nice job!

"(pale is the new tan)/And sex is the new love" M yes, that line will stick with me for a while. I adored all of it. Another lovely one!