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By 7hansona BRONZE
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

I am from worn, empty boots – night Skypes riddled with echoes of gunfire, looking up to patches of past accomplishments, causing speculation in my spirit. I am from...
7hansona BRONZE, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
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#230542 Poetry
By Jabrown20 BRONZE
Clarkston, Michigan
Jabrown20 BRONZE, Clarkston, Michigan
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By Anonymous
#230544 Poetry
#230545 Poetry
By Jake Vines BRONZE
Elizabethton, Tennessee
Jake Vines BRONZE, Elizabethton, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
I have not always had this certainty, this pessimism which reassures the best among us. There was <br /> a time when my friends laughed at me. I was not the master of my words. A certain indifference, I<br /> have not always known well what I wanted to say, but most often it was because I had nothing to<br /> say. The necessity of speaking and the desire not to be heard. My life hanging only by a thread.<br /> <br /> There was a time when I seemed to understand nothing. My chains floated on the water.<br /> <br /> ---Paul Eluard [i]At the Window[/i]

#230546 Poetry
By Anonymous
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By Clopsey PLATINUM
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Clopsey PLATINUM, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
41 articles 23 photos 28 comments
#230548 Poetry
By breezibi SILVER
Longmont, Colorado
breezibi SILVER, Longmont, Colorado
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By rowwiemon BRONZE
Singapore, Other
rowwiemon BRONZE, Singapore, Other
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#230550 Poetry
By Mea(: GOLD
Roanoake, Texas
Mea(: GOLD, Roanoake, Texas
11 articles 1 photo 1 comment