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The Urge

May 12, 2013
By PiperBloo GOLD, Long Island, New York
PiperBloo GOLD, Long Island, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;there are 2 types of writer&#039;s: one that makes you think and one that makes you wonder&quot;Brian Aldiss<br /> &quot;Some things i cannot change but til i try i&#039;ll never know&quot; Wicked the musical


Shoes.
You know those things you wear on your feet?
When I was a kid, they weren’t that neat.
I’m not a girly type of kid, you see?
Forget the mall I’ll go climb a tree.
“You’ll like them when you’re older”.
My mother used to say, throwing me over her shoulder.
Then I was dragged to the mall.
When it came to shoes my mother wanted them all.
I never saw a shoe a felt my heart surge.
I guess I was a special child: immune to The Urge.
Shoes.
I was dragged to the shoe store the other day.
When I remembered hearing my mother say,
“Your feelings will change, like I’ve seen”.
But now I’m the age of sixteen.
I stepped into the store.
I saw shoes galore.
My eyes widened in awe.
Some shoes seemed so cute it should be against the law.
I wanted to take them so they’d be all gone.
I shouted: “I want to try them all on!”
I wanted so badly for this filthy want to be purged.
I knew I had fallen victim to The Urge.


The author's comments:
Thought this was a funny one :)
I'm not that girly but this is real...and scary

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on Feb. 4 2018 at 1:03 pm
BookWerm SILVER, Orem, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Hello, boys.&quot; - Crowley, Supernatural

I really really related to it until the end. I was surrounded by pink as a child, by dresses and skirts and anything that could possibly be pink. As I grew up, I never wanted to wear a skirt or a dress, or get any of the shoes in the girls section, as they always had pink and sparkles. I was Immune to all the things that society seemed to expect young girls to like. And even today, I never wear a skirt, I wear a suit, I never wear makeup, and I never do my hair, it sort of seems to do itself, with how short it is. I find it weird sometimes how many girls grow up to like exactly what they were told to like, but I suppose its just being surrounded by it all the time. Great poem by the way, I love your seemingly casual writing style.

PiperBloo GOLD said...
on Nov. 5 2014 at 8:18 pm
PiperBloo GOLD, Long Island, New York
12 articles 0 photos 54 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;there are 2 types of writer&#039;s: one that makes you think and one that makes you wonder&quot;Brian Aldiss<br /> &quot;Some things i cannot change but til i try i&#039;ll never know&quot; Wicked the musical

Thank you so much!

on Jun. 9 2014 at 8:40 pm
malloryryan07 BRONZE, Brookwood, Alabama
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This is just like me as a kid! Haha love it.