06-08-2015, 12:50 AM
(06-07-2015, 12:16 AM)i.might.be.a.bit.sad Wrote: I didn't get offeredHi, I think the way you've structured this works. It has a sneaky-smoke-in-that-alley (who?me??) feel about it. When I first read have between stanzas 2 and 3, I wasn't sure why you'd isolated that word. Then I realised the words to the left are from the title, and there's a difference between thinking and having to think. I'm also thinking what I'm writing may not be making much sense (!!), so I hope others will come along and say something more helpful.
smokes. I guess people assumed
that I would
neverhurt my body in that way.
We got drunk and almost
fell off the bed.
We did other stuff too,
things I liked because I didn't
have
to think. A month later,
I was still making up work
from that week I missed. I
"had the flu". I was "fine"
I...
lied. We smoked during
fourth hour, in that alley
behind school. I never thought
I would want to remember...
Oops.
Loved reading this aloud :-) G.


