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11. SLAM POETRY
WHAT IS LOVE?
THE DILEMMA I have always asked myself what is love?
Every day when I come to school, I hear this word bounce
It haunts and pleases at the around amongst my peers. I see people giggling, laughing
same time Living with it for each and sometimes, crying. But is it worth it? No!
and every dime Our infamous
ambivalence towards work If one Love is a contagious disease which rampages
lives without, we call him a jerk through people’s hearts. A missile that targets people
unexpectedly, leading to chaos and stupidity!
It must be done and never undone
Its progression shows that we have Sorry peers…. you might differ. But do I care? No.
won One does it for the money, Whenever I hear someone say “love is in the air”, I feel
love or necessity At the end of the like I am asthmatic with a need to wear a mask on my
day, it is just another redundant face.
embassy We are all slaves to
its supremacy Our infamous What is love? I ask myself. Love is nothing but a pest in
ambivalence towards work people’s hearts, infesting people’s minds. An attachment
uncalled for. A screaming, defiant devil inside!
We live in its battleground
Oblivious of the fact, that we shall I see people holding on to each other, as if it were the
never be crowned It is our life-long end of the world. A lack of concentration, an epidemic
vendetta The 9 to 5 DILEMMA! across the globe. Then why do people love? I just don’t
Contributed by: know.
Ananyashree Mishra, MYP 5 This is truly beyond my understanding. I guess I should
stop. But looking at people around me giggling, laughing
and crying, I guess I cannot. You might ask why. I guess
the truth is, I love too. But it is not what you imagine.
I do not want to. But my family and friends are too
special….. I guess!
Contributed by:
Shashwat Shukla, MYP 4
(School Captain)
