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Just Save Yourself some Time and don't pick this Up
Put this down,
Put this down,
Put this down,
Quit reading!
Eventually you will;
You can’t last forever.
You may have skipped the title,
But there’s nothing more to see!
You must have some notion
(and a poor, deluded one at that)
That I’m tryin’ to stop you
from findin’ out.
You’re right,
I am,
So I didn’t even put it in here!
But of course you don’t believe me,
So I’ll have to try again!
Put this down,
Put this down,
Put this down,
It’s futile!
Stop wasting your time,
Your life,
(which must be pathetic, to be reading such garbage)
And just put this down!
You won’t find anything;
Nada,
Zippo.
You can skim the “put this down”s
To get to the real stuff,
But I tell you:
This is the real stuff!
No joke.
I’m actually not lyin’ to you.
Put this down,
Put this down,
Put this down,
It’s futile!
You know what?
I’m done.
I give.
I’m through tryin’ to convince you.
It’s futile . . . for me.
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Wow! This was really good. I really liked reading it...I don't think it was a waste of time. I really got into it and the poem had a certain beat to it. I got caught up with the poem and its flow, so nice job dragging me in (even though you were trying to push me out).
To be honest, nothing really stands out as having to be fixed except for one. The lines in parantheses tend to slow down the tempo of the poem. I'm not really sure whether or not this is something that you need to fix, but it is something that stood out.
Keep writing!