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backyard.superhero
The TV goes boom boom boom
And I just sit there
looking at the disordered galaxy
through my bedroom window
My bowl of chicken rice invites contemplation.
Do I notice the regiment of cows
gathering outside my house?
It was a catch-22, so I loosen
the ribbons on my hair,
grab a shovel nearby
and go outside to save the world.
Whilst my neighbour's kids
(she had quintuplets, horrible affair)
cheer, their hands still stained
with blood-red plasticine.
Such was a day in my life.

chiiyo's comments :
This was an assignment given by the Creative Writing Club. We were to construct a piece of writing, may it be prose or poetry, which includes all the words they had listed down. The list was actually derived from the members of the club, and my contribution, if I remember correctly, was "catch-22". Other words, if I remember correctly, were "television", "boom", "galaxy", "chicken rice", "regiment", "cows", "catch-22", "shovel", "quintuplets" and "plasticine". I may have missed a word or added a word or two, but that's basically the idea. I'm actually pretty happy with the result, because it kind of becomes a coherent story... at least, in my viewpoint...



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