The Blackboard reading a Fan letter from a Chalk
This is the second draft of the poem I wrote for my Contemporary Literature (CONLITE) class submitted last November 21, 2012. I will improve this more before sending it to C before this term ends just to end my fangirling feels. I used the relationship of the blackboard and the chalk as a metaphor for the relationship of a star/celebrity and a fan. One of the difficulties I faced while writing this poem is avoiding to make the poem sound sensual and I have no idea if I succeeded in that aspect. For all those loving someone who seems so impossible to reach, this is for you. The Blackboard reading a Fan letter from a Chalk For C I have heard a lot of things about you: seven meters wide, one and a half meters long green (yes, we wonder why you’re called a blackboard) compared to you, I, a chalk: three and a half inches tall pale, powdery, and fragile is nothing; ...
