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#263901voted by our readers
By LionsInHerHair BRONZE
Los Angeles, California

They laughed because that is what cross-dressers do. He is only their fool, in so many more ways than one. A house by the church with a Jester's hat as a weathervane, the...
LionsInHerHair BRONZE, Los Angeles, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"This poem may have meant nothing to you but I am confident that tonight my taking the time to actually write out my anger instead of acting on it has saved the life of at least eleven people in parking enforcement."- Buddy Wakefield


#263902 Poetry
By jimmydane34 GOLD
Wood Ridge, New Jersey
jimmydane34 GOLD, Wood Ridge, New Jersey
10 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

#263903 Poetry
By Nick121 BRONZE
Manhasset, New York
Nick121 BRONZE, Manhasset, New York
2 articles 0 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
If you&#039;re trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I&#039;ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don&#039;t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don&#039;t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.<br /> Michael Jordan

#263904 Poetry
By BamaGirl BRONZE
Birmingham, Alabama
BamaGirl BRONZE, Birmingham, Alabama
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#263905 Poetry
By brian weiss SILVER
Ormond Beach, Florida
brian weiss SILVER, Ormond Beach, Florida
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#263906 Poetry
By kmettler BRONZE
New Canaan, Connecticut
kmettler BRONZE, New Canaan, Connecticut
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
Oliviadregne BRONZE, Madison, Wisconsin
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#263908 Poetry
By lexy779 PLATINUM
Souderton, Pennsylvania
lexy779 PLATINUM, Souderton, Pennsylvania
26 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,<br /> There is a rapture on the lonely shore,<br /> There is society, where none intrudes,<br /> By the deep Sea, and music in its roar:<br /> I love not Man the less, but Nature more." <br /> -Lord Byron

#263909 Poetry
By 4mullettn GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
4mullettn GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
19 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#263910 Poetry
By Estelle_Star SILVER
Union Grove, Wisconsin
Estelle_Star SILVER, Union Grove, Wisconsin
7 articles 3 photos 42 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emtions,&quot; James A. Michener.