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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.
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Reading Lips at Night

From Creative Writing Class, '08.

The art of reading lips
A cacophony of movement-
Translucent moon moths…
Tender Tolype Velleda.

A cacophony of moment-
Twisting, flaunting- meek.
Tender Tolype Velleda,
Soft breath, calm wind.

Twisting, flaunting- meek.
A silhouetted blank stare,
Soft breath, calm wind.
An importance of managed time.

A silhouetted blank stare
From across the peat colored room-
An importance of managed time,
Between the lenses of a telescope.

From across the peat colored room-
A smile imprinted on a pane of frosty glass
Between the lenses of a telescope…
I can see the mirrors.

A smile imprinted on a pane of frost glass
Leftover from the wintry night.
I can see the mirrors-
Fragile and complex, difficult.

Leftover from the wintry night
Translucent moon moths…
Fragile and complex, difficult-
The art of reading lips.

Stress The Positives

He thought he saw her walking down the sreet
Her headheld high, a challenge to the world.
But when he looked again he couldn't see,
Her figure melting back into te crowd.

Her head held high a challenge to the world
She never did back down when she was wrong.
He'd watch her figure melt inot the crowd
His argument ignored, hers was to strong.

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