Perfection is unlimited,
And here I lay,
In this shallow top drawer
Lacking appreciation and life.
Oh, curse the life of a thumbtack,
It's a depressing state.
I seem so small and harmless,
But I have a secret to hide.
Use me in the sophistical way
And blood I can draw.
Yes, my spur will stab you,
Impale your pasty skin
The fluid of life
will flow from your veins.
I guess if we were numerous,
If you fell in a pool,
We could slice your shell
And take a life.
But here I lay,
Solitary and lost,
In your clattered top drawer,
Lost amongst pencil shavings and lead.
By myself I can do little,
Can't display your creations.
Oh, the dreaded posters have four corners,
Yet I can cover just the one.
I am the hermit of your top draw.
Just so useless by my solo.
Hopefully in the future,
I will be found.
Hopefully in the future,
I will break your skin.
Author notes
Thumbtacs.
A contest entry
- Weird Options Contest by Kimojuno.
456 points, ended July 12, 2007, 18 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Personification by PrettyRagDoll.
525 points, ended August 3, 2007, 17 entries
Honorable mention
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woah
I actually like this one!!! Nice write...
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Hahaha I think this is my worst write
But thanks!
Trent -
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Well
One mans trash... -
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Hahah that's true
Ahhh I guess t's not that bad... done better though!
Pretty hard to write about thumbtacs though, I'll tell you that much! -
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hmmm
Sometimes the simplest things in life are the hardest to describe... You my friend did a damn good job describing a thumbtac...
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I have gotten stabbed by a dang thumbtack; it is not pleasant. I loved the title because it just perfectly matched the sad, solo voice of this lonely thumbtack. It makes me think of how many times I have searched for just one more because you're right, one does not do the job. Thank you for entering my contest.
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The title is so true and this IS a resentful tac, I can understand why he feels this way though, after all I'd feel the same as well. Great write, please keep it up.
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"In this shallow top drawer
Lacking appreciation and life."
That line really made me think;
I suppose I Drew a connection to reality and just in general my life.
"I am the hermit of your top draw."
I think you meant drawer.
Trent, you've managed to do it again.
Take some useless subject and twist words to fit it as if it's an important story to be told.
Wonderful job. :] <3 -
This is one sadistic, resentful thumbtack!
Well thought out write.
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