Do you feel ashamed? / When you hear my name

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Listen to me asone listens to the rain

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Listen to me as
one listens to
the rain.
As One Listens to the Rain, Octavio Paz

















—As One Listens to the Rain, Octavio Paz

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Name: Yoshizawa Mayumi
Date: 2012/05/14

English Creative Writing Practice #1

Write about a time you were angry:

I think I have always been angry. Rage is the only thing I inherited from my mom. It might be hard to tell that I am so angry every waking moment of my life. My nails press into my palms until they leave indents. When you look at my life, how could I not be mad?

In the eyes of society, I am a bastard child. Before my achievements, that was my sole title. They call my mom a whore for sleeping with a married man, but did they ever consider that he was the one who started everything? I have his face, and I can tell that it makes her unhappy. My mom's name is read as "blessing," so why does it seem like she's been cursed instead? The question I always ask myself is, "Am I cursing her by existing?" Some days, I hate her so much I could die. Other days, I feel sorry that she has to live like this because of me. Then again, I'm also living like this—did we curse each other?

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