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The Prince and The Pauper,

The prince, born into a life of luxury,
He never has to work a day in his life, for has everything he would ever need at his fingertips,
He never has to worry about where his next meal will come from,
He has nothing but a care in the world,

Then there's the pauper, born into poverty
Every day he has to work from sun up to sun down, just so he can make ends meet
His life style causes him so much stress, always having to worry about where his next meal will come from,
No matter how hard he tries, he's always struggling to get by,

The pauper often envies the prince and his life of luxury,
He often wonders about what it would be like to have nothing but a care in the world,
It would be nice to not have to worry about where his next meal would come from,
Wouldn't have to stress about having the finances to take care of his family,

How does the prince feel about his life?
He tries to fill in the void in his life,
He's always wondering what is missing in his life,
He has everything he's ever wanted, but nothing ever seems right,

He wishes that he wasn't so lonely,
Even though he money to burn, he doesn't have any friends
He doesn't have any friend who would stick by him through thick and thin,
He doesn't have a single person in his life to support him when times are tough,

The Prince often envies the Pauper,
He thinks that it would have been better off he hadn't been born into wealth,
He wishes he could have a chance at a normal life,
To make friends,
To find love,
Instead, he just spends his days wasting his time on things that don't even matter, trying to find something that is truly worthwhile,

Wealth isn't everything this world has to offer,
Money can't buy you happiness, no matter how much you try,
It can't help you find true relationships that last a lifetime,
The only thing it can do is worsen your troubles,
And ultimately change a man into something that he wished he hadn't become....

Me and My Shadow,

In the end, it's only me and my shadow
The sun bringing light to all of my darkest fears,
And then cower in fear as my own cowardice is brought to the light,
These fears are better left unsaid, for they speak volumes of my own suffering,

This suffering, this shadow that constantly looms over me, during all hours of the day, and even in my dreams,
This shadow tells me of things that I should do,
He tells me to kill, he tells me to slay em' all, he says it'll make everything ok
I don't listen to him, but he keeps putting ideas into my head

He tells me to stab them, punch them, shoot them, KILL THEM!
He tells me to end myself,
Even tells me to go out with a bang, make a big sure of it all, make it one big show!
He tells me that it will bring meaning to this pitiful existence of mine

Sometimes, I listen to him, his words of encouragement bring out some the worst of me,
It saddens me to think that he could even sway my conscious , my unwavering sense of morality
This creature turns one of the most pious men into a monster of a man, beyond control of any and all who try to contain him,
This creature reeks havoc, destroying anything and everything that it can get its hands on,
Whether it be home, friends, family, relationships, everything you've ever known and cared for, it will ruin

Sometimes I ignore the words of the beast, and my suffering only worsens
These plights that afflict me cause me so much pain, grief, sadness,
He often tells me to finally end my perpetual cycle of sufferance by ending my pitiful existence,

But what of it?
What if I did, what would become of me then?
Would my family be able to understand why I did it?
Would there even be a single person who would shed a tear over my passing?
All of these things come into question whenever I start to believe my shadow's words.....

>>8170544
The OP and the Dragon dildo

The OP, born into a life of faggotry, takes the dragon dildo and rams it up his anus.

Then he dies of intestinal bleeding.

The end.

Anybody read The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu? I like it so far. Will probably pick up his novel.

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>consultcucks

>Book is labeled as sci fi
>It's science fantasy
>"I want to write sci-fi but barely know shit about science"

go kill yourself

I make rent/food money from writing erotica in melbourne, post more of this potential waifu and I'll tell you more lad.

>>8169878
blackhatforums

search function for amazon erotic, read the millions of threads.

Some of those guys pump out a new "novel" every few days and sell 1000@99 cewnts-1.50 along with residual sales.

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>>8169590
>this
>a genius

lmao, get back to tumblr, sweetheart

>>8169595
not falling for that, mr Fisher

Olavo Bilac is pretty good. Lispector is cool.

omg
>so when you like you

fuck off i tried so hard

>>8169494
Its called watch mike leigh's naked, its /lit/, its free on YT and its you. Its you all over.

>>8169530
well it may not be you all over like bruises black and blue all over but it may well be you with a small bruise on the ankle or wrist.

>>8169457
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>>8169457
Jewish Mind Tricks

>>8169457
after modernism

>>8169455
>Crash Course

TP confirmed John Green fan

>>8169469
pinecone has probably never even heard of john green. or he's making fun of him

Is this real?

Certainly not Strunk and White.

At Swim-Two-Birds

Just read books written by masters of the craft and write everyday. Guides are as useful as fucking horoscopes.

Every novel.

>>8165167
fuck off freud

I wanna tickle Cara out of her mind.

She was shitting quite a bit and the sunset illuminating her brown eye did nothing to tend to her shitting which by the way was a lot of shit and oh man lemme swallow up those turds

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For sale : women's breeches. I shat in them.

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she poop

drugs?

>>8162979
Without becoming a druggie or alcoholic.
I have the gene for addiction.

>>8163003
Yeah, then definitely drugs.

http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/

>>8161083
Don't read this hack

>>8161081
>>8161083
>Marx
>Harvey

Don't read these hacks

>>8157985
You are moving to Italy

>>8157985
you're an autistic fuck

alternatively you like opera, though I'm not sure this merits an entire "learning" of the language

la comedia > the entirety of french literature put together

bump for interest

>>8156579

I like this.

Are there more like these things??

>>8173784
I wouldn't get one. They're usually under cultural marxist pressure to include women and nonwhites that have no place there

>>8173789
fuck off

the Norton anthologies are popular and well liked by schools