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"The In Crowd"-(Pantoum)

January 11, 2010
By Anonymous

No longer you, just empty and hollow.
A sense of self breaks and you’re bounded by sorrow.
Cliques and clichés, and guidelines to follow.
We’ll be leaders today but followers tomorrow.

A sense of self breaks and you’re bounded by sorrow.
Every action monitored, with concealed strings attached
We’ll be leaders today but followers tomorrow.
As the old you left and the new you hatched.

Every action monitored, with concealed strings attached,
Defined by your style, overwhelmed by your mask.
As the old you left and the new you hatched.
You’re apart of the “in crowd “now, is this really what you want?
You ask.

No longer you, just empty and hollow.
Defined by your style, overwhelmed by your mask.
You’re apart of the “in crowd” now, is this really what you want?
You ask.
Cliques and clichés, and guidelines to follow.



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on Jan. 25 2010 at 2:48 pm
basketballmidgit BRONZE, Solon, Ohio
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thank you Sushi3195 :] Lol yea Solon is really something...wat grade r u in?

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on Jan. 24 2010 at 7:49 pm
Sushi3195 GOLD, Solon, Ohio
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Favorite Quote:
"We are who we are. She is she. He is he. you are you. I am I. But when he and she come together or you and i come together... we are no longer taking on the world by ourselves... but with each other."- Kyle King

"think of the trees around us, some

its really good, nice to know there are people in Solon besides me :)

on Jan. 22 2010 at 6:33 pm
basketballmidgit BRONZE, Solon, Ohio
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This isn't my favorite style of poetry, but it was a school assignment to submit a Pantoum so sorry for all the repetition