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  Backstage

  

  By emilybwrites, Villa Hills, KY

  I walk in. See bustling bodies carrying fabrics and safety pins. Smell the crisp perfume and feel sticky hairspray. Hear the shouts of “Get ready! You’re on in five.” Ignore the petty catfights between toothpick-thin models Many people equals many problems but ...
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  The Others

  

  By emilybwrites, Villa Hills, KY

  I can see their shadows and hear their murmurs. They whisper their secrets softly, in my ear. They complain that I am the only one to listen to them. They wander the earth moaning for eternity If only I could help them. If only...
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  Cumulus Prison

  

  By emilybwrites, Villa Hills, KY

  The sun peeks out From behind the fluffy white Shines on my face And warms my soul Right down to my toes The beams burst From their cumulus prison Pockets of sunshine Dot the sidewalk And cast shadows...
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  Forgotten Domain

  

  By emilybwrites, Villa Hills, KY

  I walk alone. Everyone has gone and left me. When will my time also come? I pass my old home, remember the cracked leather of the sofa and the way my cockier spaniel used to curl up at my feet. Everywhere, the colors I cannot take my eyes away from for they are painful reminders of...
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  Nature Playground

  

  By emilybwrites, Villa Hills, KY

  What would you do if you shrank to the size of a pea? Hide under a leaf? Sit and scream for no reason? I would skydive off a tree with a leaf parachute. Ride the minnows in the pond like dolphins splashing up and down. A colony of puddles would be the great lakes. A...