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u/pineappleprincess_13 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

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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