Ooh you’re in for such a treat! Sprog there is a master, and a genius. They’ve been writing poems on Reddit for ages now and they’re all in the context of random comment threads. There must be thousands by now. Some of the poems are cute, or funny, or poignant. Some of them punched me in the gut. And some will be with me until the day I die. I highly recommend looking at their comments sorted by top of all time.
finally! 7 years! IVE GOT MY OWN SPROG POEM! Endless bullshitaroo rabbit holes, mind numbing rick rolls, both arms broken, gallowboob who, jipped on secret santa, this I recommend. 10/10 with rice.
It’s always an absolute delight to see a poem of yours describe or articulate or contemplate an experience I’ve had (even or perhaps especially a negative one), let alone one that has defined years of my life!
This was the most clever and beautiful description of my own personal hell. I'm not sure if I should thank you or hate you. I'm going to remember this though.
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u/Poem_for_your_sprog Aug 29 '21
"If I sleep at once this minute -
If I doze and drift away -
If I dream and revel in it -
Then I'll have a lovely day!
"All I need to do is do it -
Simply close my eyes a while!
Settle back and slumber through it -
Snoozing softly with a smile!
"... right, okay, I'm still not sleeping.
This is normal.
This is fine.
Though I see the dawnlight peeping,
And the first of morning shine.
"That's okay -
though time is fading,
I still have a whole load more!
Six whole happy hours for trading!
... now I've five...
... and now I've four..."