Comparing Making It In Poetry By Bob Hicok And Lust By Susan Min

Unforeseen Outcomes
Can one tells the outcome of life ten years from now? Finding a career after graduating from college is not easy to get chosen. Many students nowadays have no idea of what their major will be after graduating from high school until after attending a couple years of college or university. Some carefully choose a profession based of the most income, while others choose theirs based of their passion. Regardless of which path taking, and how cautious and careful one is to get to the choice, there are always times when the result of the choice could be unforeseen.
For instance, after taking the time to read this poem titled “Making it in Poetry” by Bob Hicok, just with the title, I was expecting to find out that the author was living the life. Not any usual kind of life, but the Hollywood’s life. Which means, several loaded bank accounts, houses, cars, and etc. It was not until when he was asked by the teller, “why so many small checks from the universities, and why haven’t I heard from you?” that I realized that the author’s life was the contrary of my expectation. Moreover,

Reason being, she stated that “Johnny gets some kisses from me against the refrigerator while everyone was asleep,” “Simon tasted like onions from a submarine sandwich,” “Roger was always going for my zipper,” and “I tasted Bruce’s tongue.” Moreover, she was reprimanded by the school director who was trying to save Casey Academy’s reputation. She was told by him “We’ve got 20 acres of woods on this campus.” “If you want to smooch with your boyfriend, there are 20 acres to do it out of the public eye. You read me?” Her choice of becoming a slut may become a situation where she may never be able to get out of just like the cat from the “Poem” that “stepped down into the pit and empty