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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
Alternate: Splat! Use that word in a story or a poem.

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Poetry

imagine's picture
Submitted by imagine on February 19, 2008 - 17:04.

I'm afraid of
loosing my
writing,
my passion,
the connections
I've made,

but
I'm also
starting to
forget
my music,
my art,
my
time.

I can't even
remember
the last time
I
meditated.

My responsible side
keeps reminding me
of priorities.

And sometimes,
I have to
admit,

this feels
a little too much
like a soap opera.

Are these really
just poems?
Sometimes I wonder
if they're actually
truths that
we're all too afraid
to admit
outside
of writing form.

And, god,
I really need
to get more sleep.

So why am I so afraid
to break
the addiction?

Usagi's picture

Because it's an

Submitted by Usagi on February 19, 2008 - 17:52.

Because it's an addiction of the mind.
An intellectual connect
you don't want to break;
that I don't even have the willpower
to
consider
stopping.

Widsith's picture

there are worse things...

Submitted by Widsith on February 21, 2008 - 15:23.

As I've said before there are
worse
things to be
addicted
to than
Writing.
it may seem like a bad thing but it's only if your writing is more real than your friends and your life that you should worry. i definitly don't think you in particular have that problem

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