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The poem that I found the most interesting and fascinating was the poem about Edmund Pollard. In this poem Edmund tells us to live our life to the fullest, and the fact that he is said makes the message all the more interesting. The fact that Edmund is dead makes me want to think that he did not live his life to the fullest and he is advising us to live our life, because he wasted his life. When we were talking about this poem in class today, I got a vivid picture of the movie “Yes Man” in my head. I got that picture because Carl the main character was a grouchy do nothing guy until he became a yes man and had to say yes to everything. Although Carl took it to the extreme it can be said that he is living life to the fullest.

This message of living life to the fullest is a message that goes deep into my soul. I feel that this message is one of great importance due to the fact that we have only one life and once we die that is game over our chance is up. I don’t want to go out like a burnt out candle when it comes time for me to pass away I want to go peacefully not having any regrets, not saying “I wish I had done that.” I won’t say that because I would have done everything that I wanted to do in life. For me some of those things to do before dying are going to Spain, London, and Italy. I also want to see how far my soccer career takes me, if I do not make it to the professional level I won’t be disappointed because I know that I had tried my best. I also want to open a store. Once I have accomplished  all of these things I can pass away peacefully knowing that I sucked all the juice out of the great fruit which is life, and that I drank every last drop of that juice which brought me great joy.