Hour 12 (Marathon Prompt – Pick a random book from the shelf.\u00a0 Read the first line and the last line.\u00a0 Pick one and use every word of that line somewhere in your poem.)<\/p>\n
The Book:\u00a0 A Million Little Pieces<\/p>\n
First Line:\u00a0 I wake to the drone of an airplane engine and the feeling of something warm dripping down my chin.<\/p>\n
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ABOVE THE CLOUDS<\/p>\n
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Airplane engine sputters, starts<\/p>\n
Adrenaline rush soon fills our hearts.<\/p>\n
Accelerated upward climb<\/p>\n
Above the clouds in record time<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Final instructions drone on and on<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll soon jump out and then be gone<\/p>\n
I\u2019m at the edge and looking down<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just white fluff, can\u2019t see the ground<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And the feeling of something going wrong<\/p>\n
Which once was not, but now seems strong<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes and felt a push<\/p>\n
Plummeting down I felt a swoosh<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
My eyes now open staring up<\/p>\n
To discover my chute was not hooked up<\/p>\n
Desperately I tried to yell<\/p>\n
I\u2019m \u2018bout to die…oh my what hell<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Something warm came dripping down<\/p>\n
As I came closer to the ground<\/p>\n
I wake to find myself a fool<\/p>\n
My chin was wet from sleeping drool<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Just a dream, a nightmare really<\/p>\n
Man oh man do I feel silly<\/p>\n
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