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Array ( [sid] => 9989 [catid] => 1 [aid] => Mick [title] => When it Happens to You [time] => 2003-01-08 12:40:00 [hometext] => I wrote this when I was extremely frustrated with email forwards and greeting cards. I just can't stand the trite sayings that mean nothing. [bodytext] => And what about when it's not all roses?
(and what about the thorns?)
What do you do when they won't play fair?
(and your friend's got a knife at your back?)
Will your greeting-card words give you hope when it's you
who feels that the night is forever?
What will you do?
When it happens to you? [comments] => 5 [counter] => 189 [topic] => 6 [informant] => atwojay [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 8 [ratings] => 2 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => AngryPoetry )

When it Happens to You

Contributed by atwojay on Wednesday, 8th January 2003 @ 12:40:00 PM in AEST
Topic: AngryPoetry

And what about when it's not all roses?
(and what about the thorns?)
What do you do when they won't play fair?
(and your friend's got a knife at your back?)
Will your greeting-card words give you hope when it's you
who feels that the night is forever?
What will you do?
When it happens to you?

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Re: When it Happens to You (User Rating: 1 )
by thorns on Wednesday, 8th January 2003 @ 05:55:48 PM AEST
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yeah. life's not a Halmark card. maybe we sould put poems like this in cards? :)

Re: When it Happens to You (User Rating: 1 )
by mckayla on Tuesday, 14th January 2003 @ 08:59:53 PM AEST
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When it happens to me I thank God that I have an upperhand on my life and so does God. All great things have a good and a bad side. Most of the bad sides are MISTAKES or accidental. Most likely those greeting cards are the way the people who emailed you are expressing themselves to you

Re: When it Happens to You (User Rating: 1 )
by WordPoet on Wednesday, 5th February 2003 @ 06:04:03 PM AEST
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And what about when it's not all roses?
(and what about the thorns?)

Vivid and revealing. I think everyone has faced a point in their lives when this is the case. I like the way you not only take the common "when it's not all roses" idea and puncuate it with the "and what about the thorns". It seems to give it a deeper, more succinct meaning.

Nice communication and thought, though I have a little bit of difficulty finding the rhythm.

Keep up the good work.
Doug

Re: When it Happens to You (User Rating: 1 )
by karoody on Thursday, 13th February 2003 @ 01:38:15 PM AEST
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i like what you are saying here...

Re: When it Happens to You (User Rating: 1 )
by PhantomsLDY on Friday, 7th March 2003 @ 02:01:54 AM AEST
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This is so true and you never know whom you can trust.

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