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for lonely nights MAG

March 31, 2013
By Chloe Kimberlin BRONZE, Greenwich, Connecticut
Chloe Kimberlin BRONZE, Greenwich, Connecticut
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she says she likes to be alone
until she's seated at a marble counter,
pitting open a grapefruit and
smiling fondly at its pinky-orange nectar,
refrigerator hum echoing
in the dimly empty house,
she welcomes the acidic trickle
seeping into her day-old papercuts,
her slurps rudely remind her that
she is human
and cannot become unhinged
because bones are nothing
if not persistent



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on Apr. 4 2013 at 12:41 am
Theholethatiswhole BRONZE, Auburn, Maine
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Favorite Quote:
"Trees are poems that the Earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them into paper, that we may record our emptiness"--Khalil Gibran

That is absolutely stunning. It is poignant, and leaves an after thought that is reminiscent of Sylvia Plath. You r talent for concrete images is remarkable.