The Thrill
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I think you should consider another title, thrill feels a bit "telly" to me.

(11-18-2013, 12:53 AM)lachaser33 Wrote:  I can’t think of anything more picture perfect
Watching a sunrise with friends
When nights turn into early mornings.
"Picture perfect" is a cliche. "I can't think of anything" is prosaic and inefficient. Just say it, we know it is your narrator thinking it - "There is nothing . . ." I don't think you need to explain "sunrise", anyone that is reading this surely knows that sunrise is when "nights turn into early mornings"
Quote:Drinking the poison until you’re practically preaching
Your philosophy to nobody and everybody
Once again, "practically" adds nothing. Actually, even "poison" weakens the whole. It could just be:

Drinking until you preach
philosophy to nobody and everybody

Quote:I love the thrill
Of puking my guts out
"puking my guts out" is a cliche as well
Quote:Onto a piece of paper
Pen in hand, like a pistol
"Between my finger and my thumb
the squat pen rests, snug as a gun" - Heaney

Quote:Trying to pump out a poem
Like my life depends on it

And when my head finally hits the pillow
It is practically dawn
I don't understand how it can be practically dawn now when sunrise occurred before the puking and writing (?)

Thanks for posting. Good luck!
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Messages In This Thread
The Thrill - by lachaser33 - 11-04-2013, 10:43 AM
RE: The Thrill - by billy - 11-04-2013, 11:27 AM
RE: The Thrill - by lachaser33 - 11-18-2013, 12:53 AM
RE: The Thrill - by milo - 11-18-2013, 01:36 AM



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