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Dominick Musiala
Member since February 23, 2026
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HOW TO CENSOR YOUR EXISTANCE IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS, WHILE DENYING DOING IT.
Morning, fifth grade English class.
You write your homework in a heartbeat,
Read it out loud, proud of what you did.
The teacher says it brilliant, you stand there smiling.
You mentioned “To Kill a Mockingbird”—
Your favourite book, the 50th this year.
Your father brags about all your grades,
You’ve never felt fear.
After that, you jump through classes as if you were a frog.
Noon, eight grade, you just won nationals in literature,
You’ve written hundreds of papers—about nothing at all,
People appreciate it, you’re the Queen at their ball.
You collect your praises as if they were mail,
Who cares if your pen starts to feel like a snail?
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Now, you’re in high school, most competitive class,
And you feel like you’re drowning for that red, handwritten “Pass”.
You don’t want to write, but you miss it as well,
So you start your first poem.
Now they’re two,no, they’re three
Submit them for grading— to Chat-GPT.
You need validation,
You’d kill to make an impression,
You are so desperate to win
That you start getting slim
And you tell yourself
“Why did I do this?
Why is it high school that makes me miss
(Myself)
Instead of giving me my first kiss?”
Now you got what you wanted
You’re nothing to yourself,
And those three simple steps you complicated
Are now passed down on someone’s shelf.
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- February 2026
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24 TueReceived a critique
on HOW TO CENSOR YOUR EXISTANCE IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS, WHILE DENYING DOING IT. from @Geezer
"We encourage everyone to comment on any work that makes them feel something, the poems and stories that catch their interest; one should study them, what makes you want to read more? Try all kinds of poetry, the stuff t…" -
24 TueReceived a critique
on HOW TO CENSOR YOUR EXISTANCE IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS, WHILE DENYING DOING IT. from @Cpwe Skele
"DM, The tiresome search for validation—if no one agrees then it must not be good, I felt as I read the line "You are so desperate to win that you start getting slim" At the end of the third stanza, I loved how you revea…" -
24 TuePosted a poem
HOW TO CENSOR YOUR EXISTANCE IN 3 SIMPLE STEPS, WHILE DENYING DOING IT.
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23 MonReceived a critique
on Empty from @Candlewitch
"your poem shows a zest for life and living it to its fullest. welcome to Neopoet and good luck on the contest! it is very nice to meet you! always Cat" -
23 MonFirst publication
Empty
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