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  Act of Defiance

  

  By The_girl_at_her_desk, delhi, KY

  The quivering lights, a blurred world Filled with raucous laughter And drunken cries But a shimmering party to the outside That’d include me, Or maybe not For I knew much better, and still choose this, Maybe ignorance was really such bliss. As I stepped into the cloud of smoke, Walki...
• Opinion > Social Issues / Civics
  Being a Girl

  

  By The_girl_at_her_desk, delhi, KY

  Don’t take to the title and presume, I love being a girl. I love getting dressed up, I love being able to cry. I love the girly giggles and long hours on phone. I love being a little whimsical and I love being cared for. I love every bit of it. But I just don’t love being one in the place I am. ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I know you can see through me

  

  By The_girl_at_her_desk, delhi, KY

  I saw you first, and my world blurred You saw me, and I knew it had to be a fantasy my heart took a flight, ecstatic and you smiled, for you knew you had me I realize now, that you saw through me. You came up to me and asked my number Is this a reverie I thought? Oh what the hell, doe...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Drought

  

  By The_girl_at_her_desk, delhi, KY

  They say I live in the lap of nature, With beauty, plentiful resources And yes, the mighty water. Ha ! little did they knew, What I go through, they’ll never get used to. Every morning my mother bids me goodbye, To bring water from a well, Just 20 miles nearby I see her Arrive in the ov...