# 13 Sonnet of LIFE :)

This time of the year kind of sucks
There are many things that I am wishing
I could be out shooting many bucks
Or having a wonderful time fishing

Life can be so funny
Living day to day
With no money
Yet we find our way

College, that's what we work toward
Over coming all  the strife
Even if its hard to afford
Working towards a better life

If we hit a hard spot and life is a half empty cup
We turn our eyes to the Lord and keep looking up

# 12 Sestina

Oh life can be so sweet
It may be tough with things we do
But as a kid I was told
Through thick and thin to keep my head up
Fall down seven get up eight is a great
Saying reminding me I have always been loved

Its always great to be loved
It can be sad but it can be sweet
Love from my parents is also great
How we treat others and the things we do
Can determine whether we are put up
Or down and this is what were told

Since we were young we have been told
That we are loved
But then again being put up
From the saying is not always sweet
The way that society works and what we do
Isn't always great

What some people say is great
But what some people are told
Is not what they do
Because even if they are loved
Their words could be sour or sweet
So that is where their actions rise up

As we grow up
We decide which actions are great
Sour, saddening, wonderful and sweet
Words we are told
Dictate how we feel loved
And what we do

The things that we do
Can bring others up
With our words we can make them feel loved
And great
What they are told
Can make their day oh so sweet

People who are great
Have been told
And started a chain reaction with what is sweet

Ode to the Piano

When kept in tune
you make a beautiful sound.
No matter how old or new
You can always be found.

My parents made me
play when I was young
We bonded for over
five years.

With it always being
A love relationship
We were very keen
together forever.

Not sure why but
I decided to stop playing
I felt like a nut
when I looked at you

I still waned to play
But many years passed
Although I now have found a way
And all it took was sitting down with you

Quicker than I thought
My fingers slid across your keys
Nothing had to be bought
But a reminder of what I love.

Piano, piano, piano

#10 Comparision

There are multiple similarities and differences between "Bartleby, The Scrivener " by Herman Melville and "A & P" by John Updike. I'm going to tell you about the role of the boss/manager of how they similar and how they differ.

In both of the stories the boss does not seem like they know how to handle their job to well. In Bartleby, the Scrivener the boss gets really frustrated with Bartleby because he starts to say "I'd prefer not to." That frustrates the boss so bad to the point that he actually yells at Bartleby a few times instead of handling the situation without any raised tempers and harsh feelings. Also for A & P when the manager is talking to the three young ladies he is very rude and blunt about wearing clothes. I believe that he could have handled the situation much better by the way that he talked to the girls instead of being demeaning towards them.

All-though they both approach their co-workers in rude ways they do differ some in the way they still feel about their co-workers. Even though the boss in Bartleby, the Scrivener gets really frustrated with Bartleby, he still cares. The boss still keeps giving Bartleby more and more chances and Bartleby keeps saying "I'd prefer not to." With A & P the way that the manager treats the young girls and the way that he even approaches the situation he does not seem to be understanding at all and is rude right from the beginning. He doesn't even try to understand where the young girls are coming from and doesn't seem like he does or ever will care.