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  Dances

  

  By StarGirl16, Fort Mill, SC

  Monday, she cries Tuesday, she dances She dances when she cries And now she cries to think That they are now the same Wednesday She dances, she cries Her love is tainted Her arms reach, her tears fall Where is the thing she dances for? Why do her arms stretch? Why do her toes point? Why ...
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  Cement Thoughts

  

  By StarGirl16, Fort Mill, SC

  Heavy Thoughts move Like cement Into place They settle in the spaces Of indecision Decided They weigh Their way Into place and make lines On my face I have no say They’re here These cement Thoughts To stay...
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  Cold coffee with the windows open

  

  By StarGirl16, Fort Mill, SC

  Cold black coffee with the windows open January air Ambulence passing, lift a prayer Howl at the dog Lift up my feet To a headstand And let the blood in my veins Rush into my head With the thoughts of you That I cannot keep out Like the January air That fills the room The dark room Lig...
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  Two Little Girls

  

  By StarGirl16, Fort Mill, SC

  Two little girls, afternoon princesses Until the sky turns orange and red And the air turns cold and smoky When the princesses shed their gowns Not to be carriage ponies But wild stallions, young and curious About the thick, settled grandfather trees And the black birds that sing from them M...
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  For Her

  

  By StarGirl16, Fort Mill, SC

  When my cheeks are warm and red I hope that your hands are cold and clammy I hope that your legs are shaking When my foot is bouncing off my knee In anxious anticipation of a two-sentence conversation with you, I will be vacillating between “hello” and “hi” Careful to pick the one whic...
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  Until

  

  By StarGirl16, Fort Mill, SC

  Shoulders hunched, eyes averted Blushing red from the gaze you’ve asserted Sweating now, hating myself Taking sudden interest in an empty shelf You’ll lose interest They all do Until I can learn to tell you, “I love…”...
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  Always Too Quickly

  

  By StarGirl16, Fort Mill, SC

  Give me time A little more sand To fall through my emptying hourglass Because I can’t help from falling Like the sand Too quickly, always too quickly Always ready to move Then stop But all I want is more sand...
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  Lifeless Heart

  

  By StarGirl16, Fort Mill, SC

  The memories Like bleeding ink Let the past seep in Bringing dead songs to life Finding lost days again And old loves Breathing life Into a lifeless heart I don't want to be A lifeless heart...