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About You

October 23, 2012
By maryp BRONZE, Cranston, Rhode Island
maryp BRONZE, Cranston, Rhode Island
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Favorite Quote:
“I want a life that sizzles and pops and makes me laugh out loud. And I don't want to get to the end, or to tomorrow, even, and realize that my life is a collection of meetings and pop cans and errands and receipts and dirty dishes. I want to eat cold tangerines and sing out loud in the car with the windows open and wear pink shoes and stay up all night laughing and paint my walls the exact color of the sky right now. I want to sleep hard on clean white sheets and throw parties and eat ripe tomatoes and read books so good they make me jump up and down, and I want my everyday to make God belly laugh, glad that he gave life to someone who loves the gift.”


You may not touch these
hands anymore but you should
know that they still have

not been able to
learn how to write a poem that
isn’t about you.



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Something16 said...
on Oct. 31 2012 at 12:39 pm
I feel like this about my boyfriend right now. Even though in the poem you said you and the person arent together or around each other anymore. I love it. Totally relate because for a while too I felt this way about my ex. Love it!