Monday, October 17, 2011

2nd-Person Prose Poems

When you wake up and look in the mirror, you see . . .

11 comments:

  1. Vannia Colado Chavez
    Josh Acuna
    Amandeep Bains

    When you wake up and look in the mirror, you see someone hungover with eyes as red as a tomato. Last night, from what I can remember, felt historical. Now I see a variety of lipstick on your cheeks. Last night was an ocean: I saw a couple of dolphins, but I was looking for a shark. I see a lost face because I don't know how I got home. Why is there a pink toothbrush next to the mirror? Damn, I'm at the wrong fucking house. Damn that party!

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  2. Bre Senn
    Leonard Benitez

    When you wake up and look in the mirror you see
    a landfill.
    Your hair, tangled like crazy knots,
    Your eyes swollen and bee-stung
    A face, desperate for washing.
    A body with no rest,
    A brain full of stress.

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  3. When you wake up and look in the mirror, you see a monster.
    You have eyes of jealousy and hair of deceit.
    Your nose is as bitter as vinegar.
    Your skin texture is that of a lizard.
    You wonder why you are so unattractice.
    Could it be your broken soul whimpering at the sight of your own depression?
    Or could it be that you are just sick with the flu?

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  4. When you wake up and look in the mirror you see a beast ready to tackle the day.
    You see hair tangled like vines on a fence.
    You see bad breathe like fog
    You see your to do list.
    You see someone who wants to go back to sleep.
    You see the burden of your day about to start
    You see your time slipping away.

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  5. When you wake up and look in the mirror, you see
    Hair as big as big as a mountain
    Smell coffe brewing
    Breath is a huge pile of smelly garbage
    You touch the ground cold as ice with your cold feet
    You Hear morning birds
    I dont want my day to start
    Just want to go to bed

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  6. When you wake up and look in the mirror, you see somebody who looks like a pack of sleepy dogs. It was a long night in Canada (aye) fishing Billy out of Niagra falls. Billy is know a 1969 Buggy out of gas. The sleepy pack of dogs spent all night swimming through the water to find poor Billy. They were beginning to lose hope when a dog finally found Billy.

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  7. When you wake up and look in the mirror, you see a person as mesmerizing as her mother even when it's bright early morning.
    Her eyes are two suns, burning through the day
    Her smile is as beautiful as a summer night..
    But when you look beyond the mirror you'll see a girl in pain
    filled with anger and disgrace. The story behind her misery is a mystery.
    A story waiting to be told, but yet not good enough to be heard....

    - Janette Z.
    Kaela
    Maria B.

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  8. When you wake up and look in the mirror, you see yourself rise like a phoenix in the sky.
    You gently walk on heaven's clouds.
    Greeting everyone you pass by.
    Feeling the warmth from the sun so bright.
    The chaos unfolds as you drop like an angel
    into the realty that you call life.

    Meldana
    Marben
    Paulino

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  9. When you wake up and look in the mirror, you see yourself getting ready for the day.
    You would wash your face and brush your teeth.
    While doing so, you just remembered that you have not washed your clothes in over a month.
    You go and take a look at your clothes and they are as dirty as a mechanic's rag.
    The presentation that you have worked on for a month for you English class has to be presented but you don't have the right attire.
    But you didn't give up because you aren't going to let your your appearance affect your abilities.

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  10. When you wake up and look in the mirror, you see yourself red like a tomato.
    Blood all over your white dress.
    Only your eyes can be clearly seen.
    You then fall into a trapdoor of depression.
    The bed is the only place you want to stay at.
    Darkness is your only friend.
    All those memories of blood has taken you life away.

    --Maria Badillo
    Ruby Jacobo

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  11. When you wake up and look in the mirror, you see yourself. As each day passes it will never deceive you. It is a most sincere friend it will never lie to you. Every time you look in the mirror you discover a new layer of yourself, as if you were pealing an onion. As the onion rots, there you are left to age. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so you must learn to embrace it, regardless of what everyone else sees when you look in the mirror. Through it all, the mirror will always be honest & straight.

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