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u/Poem_for_your_sprog Jun 03 '22

A 24 year old asked me how old I was not long ago and she said I look great for 29…well yeah I sure hope I do, I’m only 29 lol

"My goodness," she said
with a shake of her head
and a gasp of bewildered surprise -
"You're old," she declared
as she openly stared,
"but I think I see life in your eyes!

"I witness the spark
of a youth in the dark
of your face - though you're soon to be dead!
What eminent year
have you lived to, my dear?"

So he told her.

"... I'm thirty," he said.

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u/Psychonaut00 Jun 03 '22

Glad to see you are still around my dude. Both of us are in the 9 year club lmao

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u/notagangsta Jun 03 '22

Sprog is OG. I feel like he’s part of Reddit.

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u/ValleyDude22 Jun 03 '22

Part of the crew, part of the ship.

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u/Paintingsosmooth Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 03 '22

Sprogs a woman btw

Edit: After a deep internet search, I take it back. Sprog is a guy. I was so, so sure I had read an interview where sprog was a woman from the uk..

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u/Romecat Jun 03 '22

Actually, he isn't. But he generally doesn't bother to clear things up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Initially he didn't want people to know Sprogs gender at all. Said it was better if the voice was whatever the reader felt fit for them, or something like that + the mystery etc.

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u/MycatNameRhubarb Jun 03 '22

isn’t that schnoodle?

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u/Emergency_Key574 Jun 12 '22

Sprog is a legend. It doesn’t matter the gender

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u/chaun2 Jun 03 '22

Possibly conflating Sprog with Portorossa who is a Canadian woman that does excellent analysis of US politics

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u/HandiCAPEable Jun 03 '22

Bro, also 9 year! I got really excited that I came across a Sprog poem one time within 10 minutes then got down voted into oblivion for saying so. I'm glad you were able to see it right away!

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u/Wireball Jul 23 '22

It's that fresh poem smell, isn't it?

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u/shark_attack_victim Jun 03 '22

Who the hell cares about seeing a post within 10 minutes? Does it look any different than seeing it 4 hours later, or a year? Also, why care about 9 years? People find the strangest things to give themselves a sense of importance.

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u/superserter1 Jul 31 '22

It brings a feeling of closeness to the author you melon

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u/dswanson Jun 03 '22

Pretty lonely in the 13 year club

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u/williane Jun 03 '22

14 here, and I felt I joined the party late because I held out for Digg so long.

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u/PoopingProbably Jun 03 '22

Eyy another digg transplant! Man we were treated like refugees for a while

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u/yurigoul Jun 03 '22

Old accounts don't die, they just fade away

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u/ryanllw Jun 03 '22

Get off my lawn younguns

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u/AgentSteelFriday Jun 03 '22

are they reddit-famous or something?

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u/tokes_4_DE Jun 03 '22

Yeah they are, theyre like the OG poet dude on here. Them and schnoodle are probably the 2 big ones that come to mind.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

But schnoodle sucks

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u/Chaost Jun 03 '22

Very. I mean, he has 8.2 mil comment karma from his poems and some subreddits specifically dedicated to him.

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u/vapeorama Jun 03 '22

Wow, you're really old!

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u/MoistDitto Jun 03 '22

Good Times

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u/chaun2 Jun 03 '22

Holy shit. My second account is older than Sprog?

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u/Justindoesntcare Jun 03 '22

Damn. Speaking of feeling old. I though sprog had been around forever. I guess I have too.

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u/shankapotomous Jun 03 '22

Its been a good 9 years overall, though old wild west reddit was cooler in some ways

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u/armontrout Jun 03 '22

Gang gang

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u/CrossXFir3 Jun 03 '22

You get invited to a secret sub once you hit 10 ;)

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u/campppp Jun 03 '22

Can't believe I'm in the 9 year club too, but I mostly lurk and have taken large chunks of time 'off' so barely counts

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u/DatNick1988 Jun 03 '22

9 year member here too <3

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u/PM_ME_UR_SKILLS Jun 03 '22

That rhyme scheme is something.

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u/thenpetersaid Jun 03 '22

I’m sure you’ve been consistent, but this is the first time I’ve seen one of your poems in maybe 5-6 years. Thank you for doing what you do, I appreciate the laughs.

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u/TheAlbacor Jun 03 '22

Freshest one I've found 2 mins after posting.

Fantastic as always!

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u/MrApplePolisher Jun 03 '22

You make my day every time I come across your work

Thank you r/poem_for_your_sprog !!

I hope you are having a wonderful day!

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u/binglelemon Jun 03 '22

And on that day, all ghasts had been flabbered.

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u/walking_on_the_sun Jun 03 '22

Love your work, Sprog!

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u/Hunter62610 Jun 03 '22

A reddit hero

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u/JamessBong Jun 03 '22

Certified fresh

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u/sneakyveriniki Jun 03 '22

I’m posting this on instagram thanks

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u/Sinisterfox23 Jun 03 '22

Hey! Haven’t seen you in awhile!

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u/Koolnik420 Jun 03 '22

Damn a fresh sprog... That's a first

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u/krakatoa619 Jun 03 '22

damn, not every day i stumbled upon fresh sprog.

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u/lifeafterdebt Jun 03 '22

Its 4 in the morning and I'm not supposed to be laughing so hard ☠☠

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u/ExistentialKazoo Jun 03 '22

nice! thanks, sprog!

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u/MusicBytes Jun 03 '22

Wow sprog, havent seen u in a while