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List of Twelve

October 2, 2014
By noahlane BRONZE, Tooele, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell."

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Musty paper edges
    cutting dangerous streaks
Library homes of cats
    with all their broken feats
The couches are all
    rugged
From days and
    days of use
Sunlight stole the color
    from the boards and boards of news
If only there were pens
    to be rented from the desk
The ink would be made
    of raspberries and juice
We’d sit down to write
    a goal of a thousand words
Long evenings with the rented
    raspberry fountain pens
Little do you know,
    ninety times we sat here till our goal was met
The proof of it used to sit in front of me
    on this desk that I’m signing
    with a raspberry fountain pen

© Benjamin K., McLean, VA

The author's comments:

I was in my creative writing class, trying to think of something to write for my List of Twelve assignment. It just hit me as I kept writing and I saw everything I was writing and everything I wanted to experience. It was pretty sick, honestly.

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