YOU ARE HAPPY
BECAUSE YOU THINK
NO ONE KNOWS IT
YOU ARE THE BEST ANYWAY
YOU DECLINE ME UPSIDE DOWN
YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE POWER
TO FORCE ME TO THE GROUND
FIAT LUX
SAID GOETHE TO YOU
AND THERE IT WAS
THE SACRED LIGHT SWITCH
A DELIBERATE ANACHRONISM
YOU LIVE IN THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS PLACE
DRINKING TEA WITH GOETHE IN SCHILLER'S SUMMER HOUSE
WHILE YOU HURT YOURSELF
THOSE THINGS NEVER MAKE SENSE TO ANYONE
NOT EVEN TO YOU
BECAUSE THE WAY IS TOO LONG
TO GROW UP
BECAUSE I KNOW FOR SURE
IT WILL ALWAYS GO ON LIKE THIS
I AM ONLY SIXTEEN
BUT I KNOW SO MUCH MORE THAN YOU
YOU PRAISE THE DAY
NEVER THINKING ABOUT IT
BUT I HAVE SEEN THE TRUTH
Author notes
see previous poems for explanation. it was not a newspaper this time, though.
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Comments
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I hate these capital letters...
really seems kind of just thrown together, yet good.
typo: "While you hurt yo[u]rself"
Good one, keep it
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thanks for pointing that out - anyway, ich hatte da grad so'ne phase, ich fand das irgendwie toll...
du hast's bald geschafft =))
i actually like this one quite well... "anachronism" - one of my favourite words ever
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This poem could be taken so many ways, all of which I love and find very interesting. Great work on this one.
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Ah, yes... I see it...
This is a speech given by a a sixteen-year-old girl who works as a carnival worker.
She travels with the carnival all over Europe and takes every opportunity to gain culture and visit famous places because she wants to better herself. 
She plans to leave the carnival and find a better life. Even as we speak, she is secretly planning her escape. 
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You are now officially awful...
WAIT! I mean AWESOME!
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