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I hate your eyes.
But it's not that murky excuse for green that I hate
It's their ability to stare in mine
Hold them so intensely
And pour Grade A lies so fluidly

I hate your laugh.
Like a teacher's sturdy nails against the blackboard
With a hint of base of course
To make up for the basics that define you as a man.
Maybe.

I hate your hair.
The eight-dollar bottle of that pharmacy chestnut brown
That now traps your natural beach blonde locks
I believe your haircut has been long overdue
But that would mean chopping off your wannabe Bieber shag.

I hate your teeth.
Who knew behind those pearly whites
Festered so much rage
When you would clench them together
Throwing one of your first-class hissy fits.

What [I] hate the most about you?
I don't even know
If you would be ab[L]e to comprehend the truth
That I'm about to sh[O]ot through your veins
If it could e[V]en sink through that thick skull
Lay[E]red with your various comics
And your classic John Ma[Y]er CD's
Y[O]u wo[U]ldn't even be able to grasp it.

So the question still stands.
I can't exactly put my finger on it.
But.

I'm pretty sure I just hate you.

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silver_iceThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 14, 2011 at 10:05 pm:
o man i love this one! it's so cute!
 
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little-miss-mistakes said...
Aug. 11, 2011 at 3:56 pm:
i love this!!! true and honest and just plain mad! keep it up!!
 
HannSawyer15This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Aug. 11, 2011 at 4:14 pm :
Aha thanks! :)
 
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thetruthawaits94This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Aug. 10, 2011 at 7:16 pm:
this was very cool. You know the taylor swift cds where they capitalize the letters spelling out things? just wondering if that is where you got this idea. I like the letter thing and how there is a hidden message in what you are saying! Next time i would recommend you leave out the brackets and just capitalize. it would make it less distracting, but it would still be noticeable! great job on this. Sweet!
 
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Aug. 10, 2011 at 7:19 pm :
oh and i agree with brightburningcampeador. maybe make the message longer and spread out the letters throughout. Or in the very last line, make it so that it is saying i hate you but the capitalized letters say i love you in the same sentence! but obviously you will have to add more than just i hate you so that it would work. just another idea!
 
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Aug. 10, 2011 at 7:26 pm :
Thanks! And I had no idea Taylor Swift did that actually... I'm really not a fan of her. lol
 
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Aug. 10, 2011 at 7:27 pm :
me neither! Don't really like country music in general... lol
 
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BrightBurningCampeadorThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Aug. 10, 2011 at 5:50 pm:
Awesome poem! I have on suggestion. Maybe you couyld scatter the bracketed letters throughout the poem, like one every verse.
 
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Aug. 10, 2011 at 5:54 pm :
Thats actually a really awesome suggestion! Never thought of that! Thanks! :)
 
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ohheyyyelli said...
Aug. 10, 2011 at 12:46 pm:
I love this! The beginning was so good, and I'm going to be honest, the brackets kind of ruined the flow for me, but otherwise I really loved it.
 
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Aug. 10, 2011 at 12:48 pm :
I appreciate your honesty! And thank you! :)
 
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WithPenAndScript said...
Aug. 8, 2011 at 9:54 pm:
Love, love, love this. Cute, quirky and very unique. The "I Love You" was brilliant. :)
 
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Aug. 8, 2011 at 10:14 pm :
Thank you! I appreciate it!
 
WithPenAndScript replied...
Aug. 9, 2011 at 10:31 am :
No problem :)
 
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marissa87 said...
Aug. 6, 2011 at 12:50 pm:
u r such a good writer! wow!! love it!
 
HannSawyer15This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. replied...
Aug. 8, 2011 at 10:14 pm :
Thanks so much!
 
marissa87 replied...
Aug. 24, 2011 at 8:46 pm :

ur welcome keep writting!!1

 

 
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Love.Hate.Passion.This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 5, 2011 at 9:42 pm:

I love it !

I like the creativity of using parentheses to spell out " I love you".

It's such a cute poem !

:)

 
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Aug. 8, 2011 at 10:13 pm :
Thank you... means a lot. :)
 
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TwasBrilling said...
Aug. 3, 2011 at 8:12 pm:
This is so full of emotion, and creativity! Congrats!
 
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Aug. 4, 2011 at 12:36 pm :
Thank you! :)
 
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ohmakemeoverThis teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. This work has been published in the Teen Ink monthly print magazine. said...
Aug. 2, 2011 at 7:26 pm:
Whoa-oh!  This is so strong and vengeful and disgusted and so, so creative!  I can really feel what you were feeling when you wrote this.  You also really put forth a lot of creativity by adding the letters at the end, it is so unique.  Very cool!
 
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Aug. 2, 2011 at 7:36 pm :
Thanks you!
 
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Izaac96This teenager is a 'regular' and has contributed a lot of work, comments and/or forum posts, and has received many votes and high ratings over a long period of time. said...
Aug. 1, 2011 at 4:05 pm:
LOVED IT!!!! THIS POEM IS DEDICATED TO ALL OF MY HATERS! GREAT JOB!
 
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Aug. 1, 2011 at 4:11 pm :
Thanks! :)
 
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WiseGirl said...
Aug. 1, 2011 at 4:01 pm:
Very good! I love how you put the words "I Love You" in the end! It's great!
 
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Aug. 1, 2011 at 4:03 pm :
Thank you. :)
 
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Raytheraym said...
May 31, 2011 at 7:12 pm:
Wow, I love it! This poem is great! Wonderful imagery and emotion!
 
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May 31, 2011 at 9:14 pm :
Thanks so much! That means a lot! :)
 
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