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Beauty is Finite

January 13, 2013
By marissaposner GOLD, Bethesda, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
"And some mornings I’d wake in daylight to find my body covered with paw prints in blood; I looked as though I’d been painted with roses"- Annie Dillard

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She places red roses on her wrists every night
When the sky is black and the stars are bright,
They slide off into the breeze’s embrace
and she watches
as her beauty escapes her.

© Steve S., Marblehead, MA

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