You May know me as Blake
Or Blank deppending on who you talk to
Either name I'm sure you understand
I'm that man
The family man
You know and love
But hey I'm human
And I have my dark days
Especially when people ask me
To ring out sourcrout
I know it may seem simple
But its disgusting
Every time I work cashier
I count up the time till I leave here
Or rather there
The idiocracy of people
Never ceases to amaze me
One day though
One day I'll breakout of here
And I'll never
Ever need to ring up
Sourcrout again
Or hand a bomb of corn mush
To me Blake seems like an incredibly nice guy. He gives me nice compliments and crakes jokes. He even laughs at my not so funny jokes. I will never forget the day he told our Ap English class "I'm a family man". That's probably one of the few quotes i still remember,maybe even my favorite. What I never expect though, the disgruntal Blake. To me he always holds a smile on his face. I found myself proven wrong when he speaks in regeards to his work. Blake never seems excited or happy about his job. I can almost imagining him there lacking that smile with a disturbed, bored and frustrated look on his face. As people come through the line he gives the the normal pleasantries, but then proceeds to think about all the homework he must do. I think this poem reflects the first and second side of Blake. The first, the funny, calm and smiley Blake. The second, the frustrated, angry Blake who cannot stand Sourcrot or corn mush.
Dani, this is very clever!! I found myself laughing at each line. I remember when we received our funny quote packets and reading the one about blake being called blank and i laughed for a good 5 minutes. I'm not even in your class, nor was i there to witness it but these simple things that happen to blake always humor me. I miss the entertainment Blake would bring the the classroom when he was in the same class as me.
ReplyDeleteDani, I too will never forget the day Blake told our class he is a family man! And I also found it hard to picture Blake angry because he seems so happy all the time, but after hearing about his blogs on the Blog Banter, I needed to read them for myself, and he seems so angry when he talks about his job! I really want to see him working, always service with a smile, and hear the fake "Have a great day!" after a nice purchase of sauerkraut!
ReplyDeleteDani, I really enjoyed your take on me in this post. While I do not enjoy my time working at Giant Eagle (even though I get humor out of the people sometimes) I do enjoy my time having fun in AP English. I will truly miss all the funny, exciting, awkward, and enjoyable times that we as a class have had since the beginning of junior year.
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