Panda: CAAANNNDDDYYY! YOU STILL HAVEN'T TOLD US WHAT AWARD YOU RECEIVED! -shakes Candy violently by the shoulders-
Candy: -BIG grin- I shall tell you people in a moment's time... -BIG grin-
Panda: NO. You tell us NOW.
Candy: Fiiiine. x.X You know my school?
Panda: Uh-huh?
Candy: We have this school newsletter thingy, called the Tribune?
Panda: Uh-huh?
Candy: And they had this poem writing competition? With the theme of "Childhood"?
Panda: Uh-huh? So...?
Candy: -BIG grin- I WAS THE BEST POET FOR MY LEVEL! -BIG grin-
Panda: OOOOH. Okay... so... -blink- THAT'S ALL?
Candy: -BIG grin- Uh-huh!
Panda: Sheesh. And I thought it was some GREAT award...But anyway, enjoy the poem!
Candy: -BIG grin- Yes! Enjoy!

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Here's The Place Where I Come In

The paper slowly passes through
The bright light zooms to and fro
An image forms so clear and vivid
Digitally enhanced and nicely finished

The bird park

Lush greenery enframes the scene
A lake mirrors the azure blue sky
The ladies in pink strut on in
And pirouette for all to see

So gracefully they balance so
And whilst their neighbours whistle in awe
Some arch their slender necks and slumber
Ever so discretely

Preening their pretty pink puffy plooms
A man's shadow, in it looms
It's feeding time and now I understand
"You are what you eat"

The constant buzzing of the crowd
The shuffling of feet, flutter of wings
The plentiful sounds
Play the music for their dance

The atmosphere

How warm and humid is the day
Reluctance soon overwhelms me and I
Reluctantly choose to move my feet
And shuffle along with the rest of the crowd

Even the splashes of water heard
From the blue-green lake could have served
As refreshments, oh so cooling
And suppress the unbearable heat

Water flowers caught in a moment
Icy, glassy, so void of life
Yet refreshing and ever thirst-quenching
Are the splashes in the lake

People gather round

A mother and her child stand here
And next to her…What is that blur?
I'm blinded by the sun.
Oh yes.

Here's the place where I come in
The place where I come in
I step into the picture and
Relive the history.

I have forgotten.

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Candy: Is this poem very long?
Panda: I dunno, but it's satisfying...
Candy: Wow. Panda is using unusually long and pretty words... So much so that... YOU DON'T SOUND RIGHT. PANDA! ARE YOU OKAY?!
Panda: I dunno, but I know I'm myself just as I know you are yourself.
Candy: x.X Oh dear... Well, ever been to a bird park? In Singapore, we've got this bird park called Jurong Bird Park and I took a photo with my mum and my brother in front of the Flamingo Pool, where all the flamingoes resided. It acted as the basis of my poem. Yay!
Panda: Ooh, pink fluffy flamingoes... .
Candy: -twitch- Panda still isn't quite right. Well, R2D2 people! I gotta go get the weird stuff out of Panda's head... X.x