The profit on a cigarette break...

destination is also mispelled (detination), and "fate is resigned" would normally be, "fate is reserved". It is classified as a story, not poetry, but there are line breaks in the middle of sentences, which makes it at least not a traditional story. I am inclined to believe that at least 'detination' was a mistake (although I suppose it could be play on the word "detonation") , and probably profit. Grammar/spelling errors are distracting, but not 1/10 as distracting as poor execution. The reason I give the author the benefit of the doubt about the story is that there's definitely play going on with our expectations, like, ""Some great things were meant for some great people," would normally be, "some people are meant for greatness," and "fate is resigned", would be "reserved". I think what I like about the piece is the way it combines a candid tone ("I spoke quietly because it was true.") with unpredictable bits like the ones above. c.w.workshop

Thanks guys - would like to say that the typos were due to blinding brilliance, but unfortunately Im just a bad speller. My only excuse is that I wrote it when I was much littler and didnt care for such things as sp - anyway, have amended accordingly