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Beauty and Beast

May 28, 2014
By philippa BRONZE, Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
the area dividing the brain and the soul<br /> is affected in many ways by <br /> experience&mdash;<br /> some lose all mind and become soul:<br /> insane.<br /> some lose all soul and become mind:<br /> intellectual.<br /> some lose both and become:<br /> accepted.<br /> -Charles Bukowski

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Of the beauty and the beast her lover—
A classic, timeless tale.
Its pages worn and torn all over,
And its worth one can't assail.

But there is yet uncommon beauty
In the beast's imposing figure.
He overcame a wicked deed
And was restored to youth and vigor.

And within the beauty lies a beast
Residing in her heart.
Her father's will she did not heed,
And so they were kept apart.

A new view of an age-old children's fiction
Shows the story's just begun.
Not all is found in flat depiction
And beast and beauty are one.

© Yisrawayl G., Philadelphia, PA

The author's comments:
Was just listening to Sinatra's "The Lady is a Tramp" and thought about what other literary and movie characters could be melded.
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