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Laughing

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Please, Think

Submitted by perspiciens on June 20, 2008 - 23:53.

"Fuck"
She says
He says
They say

We laugh
"Ha ha
They said
The f-word
On stage
In front
Of a couple
Hundred people"

If you
Think
About it

It's not
That funny

Everyone's
Said it

It's crude
Degrading
Sexual

Those things
Are funny?

I should
Hope not

I'm not saying
We shouldn't
Laugh

Laughing's
Fun
Healthy

But maybe
We should
Think about
What we're
Laughing at

Just like
When people
Laugh at
Penis

It's really
Not that funny
Or mature

So

Please

Think

Act

Respond

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Why I Hate Summer

Submitted by perspiciens on June 16, 2008 - 11:58.

We're having fun
Trying accents
Laughing at
Each other

Laying on my
Sleeping bag
Scared in by
The thunder
And lightening

We're trying
To write
Fiction novels
And we can't
Think of anything
So late at night

I say
Something funny
We laugh
Hysterically
It's something
You would've heard
If it wasn't
Summer now

We think
About how
We couldn't
Put the tent up
Because it was
Inside out

How we
Took it down
Faster than
Anything we've
Ever done before

We didn't want
To get struck
By lightening

I keep thinking
That I'll be able
To tell you guys
About how funny
It was

How stupid
We felt

And then
I realize
It's summer

You guys
Probably
Won't read your
Emails

Or reply back

This leaves me
With an empty feeling

Like my friends
Just died
And I have
No one left
To tell our
Funny stories to

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