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• Fiction > Realistic Fiction
  Anatomy of a Barbie Doll

  

  By PenAndInkPrincess, Surfside Beach, SC

  Red red red. It’s everywhere. It’s everything. It’s all over her. It’s over the world. And there’s bright lights and loud voices and soft beds and rough restraints and doctors and nurses and needles and medications. She notes a voice say, “You’re gonna be okay.” She snorts...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Puppet Girl

  

  By PenAndInkPrincess, Surfside Beach, SC

  Smooth wood, crafted from a master’s hands. Hours spent on perfecting her shape. On giving her perfect little rosebud lips, Long eyelashes, a tiny, pert nose and seashell ears. She is happy, content, as she feels The glide of satin over her. A tiny pink dress with scalloped lace. Littl...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  I Am...

  

  By PenAndInkPrincess, Surfside Beach, SC

  Rain pours down in torrents. I am alone in the street. In the city. In the world. My hair plasters to my head, but I do not push it back. I tilt my face back and close my eyes. I open my arms wide, to embrace the cold. I am alone in the street. In the city. In the world. Lighteni...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Learning My New Language

  

  By PenAndInkPrincess, Surfside Beach, SC

  My clumsy tongue skips, trips, falling over words. Like a toddler on unsteady legs, trying to find balance. "Tres," she says. "Tray," I say. "Non, non," comes the emphatic shake of her head. "Treeeeghs," is the noise she wants. "Tray."...