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1.37sWhat's wrong, Chris?
4.94sJust 'cause Obama's coming, everybody in my English class has to write a stupid essay about hope.
2.28sBut this is all I can come up with.
2.97sChris, this is just a shaded-in triangle and the word "muff."
1.8sFor God's sakes, Meg, it's a first draft.
1.78sJust tell me if you think the tone is right.
1.43sWell, I don't know what this is,
1.67sbut it's not what hope is about, Chris.
4.34sWell, if you're such a genius, you tell me what hope is.
5.67sHope is what gets you out of bed in the morning when it's the day of prom and you haven't been asked.
4.9sHope pushes the caterpillar through the cocoon and drives the salmon upstream.
3.27sYour breasts may be small and your glasses may be thick,
1.8sbut hope doesn't hold up a mirror.
4.57sHope is a horizon we head for, leaving nothing behind us but fear.
2.17sAnd though we may never reach our goals,
3.9sit's hope that will save us from who we once were.
2.37sWow. Did you learn that at school?
2.99sNo. You can't just learn creative writing, Chris.
6.92sIt's got to be inside you, like musical talent or athleticism or the ability to choose to be gay.