While we wait for April, a poem!

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<p>Ok, one can obviously sense all of the anxiousness on this site for the April letters. All of it has created a certain sense of angst while we wait for two more months. So in the midst of all this teenage angst I’ve decided to write a poem about the whole experience. I make no claims to be a major writer of some sort, but I like to put some words on paper every once in a while. I hope to see you in New Jersey this fall! Until then this is my Applicant's Prayer.</p>

<p>The Princeton Applicant's Prayer</p>

<p>Princeton, O Princeton,
O hear my applicants prayer.
Gargoyles, O Gargoyles,
O join me in despair.</p>

<p>For you O Gargoyles,
have invaded my dreams.
Dreams of New England Autumns,
sheets of leaves,
floating through the sunbeams.</p>

<p>Me, a Student,
living the life of the mind.
Tenacious and Audacious,
four years is surely
not enough time.</p>

<p>For passion will rivet me,
she will travel through my marrow,
I will breathe her in,
yet find wisdom as fleeting
as a Sparrow.</p>

<p>But you, O Princeton,
will give me the dreamers net.
Set me up with the tamers,
who will teach me
to make wisdom my pet.</p>

<p>But you will not define me,
Only help me to find who I am.
Four years exploring the deep abyss
I will come out,
a renaissance man.</p>

<p>So Princeton, O Princeton,
do not deny me Matriculation.
I promise I won't dissappoint you.
My passion is true,
not equivocation.</p>

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<p>lmao I love it!</p>

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<p>Very nice! lol</p>

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<p>nice! <em>applauds</em> :D good luck!</p>

<p>(One minor comment, though -- NJ isn't technically in New England.)</p>

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<p>Thats soo sexy :p</p>

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<p>Gargoyles, O Gargoyles</p>

<p><em>smirks</em>... oh yeah, creative.... bravo!</p>

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<p>Hey, good idea marv, I love poetry. Here is a little poem I just made up...
Of course, bear in mind that this is all "second degree" (i.e. humorous)...</p>

<p>Princeton Blues, inspired by W.H. Auden</p>

<p>Cancel the dreams, annul the ten-year loan,
Do not refrain from letting out a mournful moan,
Bury the essays and let your soul churn,
Tear up the Letter, let the adcoms burn. </p>

<p>Let Princeton sweaters rot beneath your bed,
Spewing acrid odors all around your head,
Sing the song of the rejected and wait-listed,
Allow your friends to know that your hands are fisted.</p>

<p>She was my Love, my Friend, my Cream and Pie,
My fleeting goal and my April lie,
My dream, my mirage, my food, my crumb;
I thought that I would be accepted: I was dumb.</p>

<p>The pre-froshs aren’t a good idea: shut them up;
Lock up the tigers and silence that pup;
Destroy the computer and shut down CC,
For the whole world now is but a dark ugly sea.</p>

<p>Wildsky</p>

<p>[I guess I have to sign :-)]</p>

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<p>I realize that the you / I formulation isn't really coherent in this poem (the original poem doesn't mention any "you" 's), but then again that's not the only thing that's not coherent!</p>

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The pre-froshs aren’t a good idea: shut them up;
Lock up the tigers and silence that pup;
Destroy the computer and shut down CC,
For the whole world now is but a dark ugly sea.

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<p>I like that!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the support guys. Wildsky, nice poem there. Hopefully we wont have to recite it come April.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestion frozen-tears so ive made the change to this:</p>

<p>The Princeton Applicant's Prayer</p>

<p>Princeton, O Princeton,
O hear my applicants prayer.
Gargoyles, O Gargoyles,
O join me in despair.</p>

<p>For you O Gargoyles,
have invaded my dreams.
Dreams of East Coast Autumns,
sheets of leaves,
floating through the sunbeams.</p>

<p>Me, a Student,
living the life of the mind.
Tenacious and Audacious,
four years is surely
not enough time.</p>

<p>For passion will rivet me,
she will travel through my marrow,
I will breathe her in,
yet find wisdom as fleeting
as a Sparrow.</p>

<p>But you, O Princeton,
will give me the dreamers net.
Set me up with the tamers,
who will teach me
to make wisdom my pet.</p>

<p>But you will not define me,
Only help me to find who I am.
Four years exploring the deep abyss
I will come out,
a renaissance man.</p>

<p>So Princeton, O Princeton,
do not deny me Matriculation.
I promis I won't dissappoint you.
My passion is true,
not equivocation.</p>