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Andrew Speet Jul 2016
Fly
You know
sometimes when I'm outside
I used to look into the sky
and see all the birds and insects soaring so high and sometimes I'll wonder if I could fly, but then id realise..
I dont have wings and I cant flap my arms fast enough to be able to get my self off the ground, so thats just a pipe dream.

then, I'd think about the busy bumblebee
and you've all heard the theory, right?
their wings are too small and their bodys are too big so they shouldnt be able to fly
but they still can, so why cant I?

one time I tried a cartoon style and fashioned some wings out of cardboard cutouts and stood on my roof and tried to fly, I flapped and flapped and flapped and jumped..
but when I hit the ground, it occured to me that no, I still can not fly.

as I laid on the ground staring into the sky
watching all the birds fly high
I saw something white descending from the sky and the only thought that occured to me was...
****.
and yeah, I was right, so what can I say..
I havent tried to fly since that day.
Andrew Speet Jul 2016
I've been told to take a chill pill so much that I feel like an addict
It’s convinced me that a world with pills, is a world that can’t chill
Every person on this planet is on something or other...
It could be a friend, brother or lover
But there’s one thing I've learned
Take a chill pill is a term that’s all relative
It can describe many things, from
Anti-depressants to paracetamol and Ritalin,
It’s a pill to make you chill
When I first heard this term, I thought it meant a pill that would cool you down
And I thought what an amazing idea for summer! A single pill to make you cold...
So I started calling ice cubes chill pills.
Because I didn’t understand what the term really meant, I learned the hard way and got beat up a couple times
Apparently when someone says 'it’s so hot' and I laugh and say take a chill pill, that’s kind of a **** move...
But a swift punch to the side of the head isn’t...
Now let me ask you this
why take a chill pill when you can take a feel pill, something to make you feel real or a pill to make you sit still, a pill to make you concentrate and make people like you?
Is there a pill for people like me and you to get us through the day?
A pill that you could take that would make people stay
A pill that could make you run and jump with glee
a pill that makes everything sunny and happy a pill that can bring you money, a pill to make you funny, just a single pill to get us through the day
A single pill to make everything okay.
Because in a population with pills how could people chill when there’s already a pill which can drive someone to ****
Is there a pill that can make me feel normal, a pill to make me cute?
A pill that I can take which could get me to you..?
If I could make a pill, just to make someone chill I would sell so much that I wouldn't need to care or feel
That would a pill to make me jump with glee,
that would be a pill to make my life sunny,
that would be a pill to get me through the day, and after that I wouldn’t have to take it anyway.
I've been told to take a chill pill so much I feel like an addict,
But in a world with pills, how could we chill?
theres a video of me (kinda) reciting this poem here https://youtu.be/TAyR2XUcULg

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