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Paper

February 2, 2010
By HPGGMRAR GOLD, Kennesaw, Georgia
HPGGMRAR GOLD, Kennesaw, Georgia
14 articles 6 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I musn't forget I'm alive."
Ray Bradbury (Dandelion Wine)


Paper
The ever ignored multi-tasker
Humbly waits to bend to your every beck and call
(Not that he has any choice)
A dreary fate
Or is it?

Paper...
The substance that is always first
To hear the authors loving hands record
The beginning details in the next epic novel
Backstage passes the world never acknowledges
Lucky
Or is it?

Paper
The only material suited for the venting of one’s

feelings
Does ‘Dear Diary,’ sound familiar?
Does Paper really care what so-and-so called so-and-so?
Does Paper’s opinion really count?
Dull
Or is it?

Paper
The first and only option
When aircraft is needed and no one has 3 tons of

steel
Soars, flits, flutters
No one complains at the shortage of materials
Some might at the carrying capacity
Exhilarating
Or is it?

Paper
Covered in patterns
Ready to chart
The newest designs
Architecture or Math class
It’s prepped and ready for anything
Complicated
Or is it?

Paper
Lined, packaged, stacked in translucent prisons
What will it be used for when it is released?
Spelling tests, personal narratives,
Or the passed note with a fate of the trashcan
Fortunate to survive the school day
Risky
Or is it?



Paper
Strung, twisted, entwined
A welcomed snake
Covering every colorless visible piece of exterior
Preparing for hours of screams,
At least one celebration song,
And an endless supply of cake waved under its nose
Unbearable
Or is it?

Paper
Miles of bound printed words
Made for the reader but Paper gets the first look
Little Paper people on a little Paper stage
Dancing on the pages
Before their performance to the awaited audience
Expectant
Or is it?

Paper,
The preferred writing material of all mankind,
May have a life of its own
Sure it has to listen to to-do lists,
Countless games of hangman and tic-tac-toe,
Endless phone numbers,
Millions of plays starring doodled people,
Recipes
(Sometimes a taste of the always evasive cupcake)
The list goes on forever
(As Paper knows as it is written on him)
What does it contain?
Routine or Excitement?
You choose.



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mindymax GOLD said...
on Apr. 8 2010 at 2:42 pm
mindymax GOLD, Armona, California
10 articles 0 photos 80 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The whole world looked drunk, and I liked it that way." - Rebeca Godfrey, book title"The Torn skirt"

wow this is amazing , i love how you make a flimsy piece of paper so much life and power, keep on truckin'

on Mar. 29 2010 at 11:29 am
hyperactivemayfly PLATINUM, Arlington Heights, Illinois
29 articles 0 photos 36 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Un ange frappe a ma porte
Est-ce que je le laisse entrer
Ce n'est pas toujours ma faute
Si les choses sont cassées
Le diable frappe a ma porte
Il demande a me parler
Il y a en moi toujours l'autre
Attiré par le danger"

AAMAZING!!! one of my friends wrote something vaguely comparable to this, about the paper rebelling against the author, but this poem was just... Wow. Just wow. I'm sorry, but my eloquence is failing me.