Bell Shape Blemish

by Larry Chamberlin   Sep 24, 2015


No
one
should
ever have
to apologize
for being just
two or three
standard
d e v i a t i o n s
away
from
you
or
I

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  • 8 years ago

    by Jenni Marie

    Judging comment:

    I really love this little poem! The message behind it is beautiful and something many more people need to realize and accept, and the way Larry wrote it really made me think.

    It's almost as if the poem itself is a metaphor for society- the people two or three standard deviations from us are placed at the top and bottom, almost like saying they're the standard and not the majority, emphasized with such few words on each line while the standard in the middle of the poem has more.

    The emphasis on deviations is well placed and fits perfectly where it is.

    I thought that placing 'no one' and 'you/I' at the bottom and top it was like saying that we are the standard, whilst the poems shape is saying we're similar. We're in that place because we're not a part of the majority, but the overall message is that we're all the same.

  • 8 years ago

    by Sunshine

    Beautiful piece, beautiful wording. There is no way for the reader to know this short poem would end the way it did.

    Although short but still gives you the chill of waiting to know where it will go. Nailed it! Its a literally nailed poem.

    Well done!!

  • 8 years ago

    by Dancing Rivers

    Interesting piece Larry. Very wise and true words in our times especially

  • 8 years ago

    by Abed

    The smartest piece I've read ;)
    Viva standard deviations, in everything!

    • 8 years ago

      by Larry Chamberlin

      Yes, those of us that "stick out" must "stick up" for each other.
      ;8-)

  • 8 years ago

    by Sunshine

    You come 2nd after Life, as my Master.
    I love this piece, a lot, almost as much as I love you.

    nicely penned.

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