Saturday, 5 May 2012

Would Should Could

It's that clenching of ears when chalk squeaks on the board
The train in slow-motion, crashing too fast
The glass as it tips just over the edge
All falling for hours, and no one will stop it
Tensing inward, unable to reach, our instincts freeze
Even as they scream to move

3 comments:

  1. Do you know the reverse of your title (wouldn't couldn't shouldn't) is also a common Internet idiom/slang? ;)

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    1. I think of it as a common phrase, linked by rhyme and meaning. How is it slang? Does it have some new/weird use in the internet?

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  2. Not sure about the exact meaning, but if you search it verbatim on YouTube you can find loads of funny videos that meet the topic.

    Side note: I also realize "wouldn't couldn't shouldn't" appeared somewhere in the old movie "Scent of a Woman".

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