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As, I believe the kids say these days, a "newbie," and not knowing anyone here as of yet, I believe I can be an unbiased judge of the kind of postings that are common to this network.

For people who are supposedly destined for greatness, there is a great deal of goofing around and whining. We need a fresh breath blown into our campaign. The sun of new life to shine through the clouds of not-this-shit-again. A flowing forth of artistic fervor to battle the every day drudgery. I suggest poetry.

I'll start.

"It must have been an awful sight,
To witness in the dusky moonlight,
While the Storm Fiend did laugh, and angry did bray,
Along the Railway Bridge of Lock City that day.
Oh! ill-fated Bridge of the Locke City that day,
I must now conclude my lay
By telling the world fearlessly without least dismay,
That your central girders would not have given way,
At least many sensible men do say,
Had they been supported on each side with buttresses,
At least many sensible men confesses,
For the stronger we our houses do build,
The less chance we have of being killed."

Really makes you think.

[ Shamelessly stolen from the greatest creator of bad poetry. What Houjun lacks in originality and humor, he makes up for in--well, nothing. Still, he tries. ]

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That's all well and good but I still want to know what happened to the girl from Nantucket. Limerick form can really be constrictive.

Rule #1 of limericks is we don't talk about the man from Nantucket.

Though I'm not sure about the girl. Was she the one who ran away with a bucket? The Family from Nantucket Tree can get a little jumbled.

That's just the kind of problem I mean. Limitations of the limerick form. Nothing rhymes with THE ARISTOCRATS.

Ah. Is this where you tell me your version of the joke? I hope it's not too horrible. Don't want to sour your first impression.

I'll make a worse impression yet: I haven't got any version of that joke at all. Can't sit through it. Now you've spoiled my pop culture reference and we shall be enemies forever.

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Are we to share poems now? I am afraid I do not quite understand how it shall help us become better heroes, but I am willing to try regardless if you truly believe it could help.

Maybe not better heroes, but better people, definitely. Or maybe through becoming a better person, you become a better hero.

It's at least worth a shot!

then i shall shoot it! :D

[...eh, close enough]

i am not the most gifted when it comes to the writing, so i think i will contribute a piece from home instead.

"Everything moves, everything passes, and there is no end.
Where did it all disappear? From where did it all come?
Both the fool and the wise man know nothing.
One lives, one dies, one thing blooms,
But another has withered, withered away forever,
And winds have carried off yellowed leaves,
And the sun will rise, as it used to rise,
And crimson stars will float off as they used to,
They will float afterwards, and you, white-faced one,
Will saunter along the blue sky."

Very lovely! I admit to having a soft spot for any poetry describing nature. Especially if includes the word "blue," aha.

But I'm sorry to say I'm not familiar with the poem. Where is home?

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Well, even superheroes need downtime.

There's no downtime with poetry! They're very tricky. You must always remain on your feet. For the good ones, anyway.

Do you have a favorite poet?

When I was a teenager I liked Edgar Allan Poe. Then I got over myself and I haven't had another favourite poet since.

Not acceptable!

...though it does lead me to believe that you were perhaps the "goth kid" in high school?

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did u write that urself

How impressed would you be if I did?

[Hmm.....]

9/10 definitely!!!!!!!!!
it was so cool!!!

You don't really mean that, do you? Are you just being polite?

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wow that's really cool!!!

did you just write that? you did right???

[ Far be it from him to let this person down. Instead, he'll just dodge the question. ]

I see we have a poetry connoisseur. What do you like best about the poem?

it's different duh!! you don't see a lot of poems like that!!!

[No, he doesn't actually know a thing.]

I suppose you're right! [ McGonagall is infamous for his bad poetry, after all. ]

What kind of poems do you usually see?

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Truly a brave act. Beware the judging eyes of the network.

...I mean, when I first connected, it was through my chem notes, and people pretended to be haunting my looseleaf to make fun of my dark poetry.

People have been fairly accepting of it so far. Perhaps the jackals haven't yet been loosed today.

How did they pretend to haunt your notebook?

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Yes, but were they doing it intentionally?

"Boooo this notebook is haunted!" That kind of thing?

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