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#278661voted by our readers
By Anonymous

I would like to iron you. Would you let me smooth away the disparities, leave you folded and pleated and fresh-pressed like a shirt on my shelf, flatten out the wrinkles...

#278662 Poetry
By JohnPerilli BRONZE
Cumberland, Rhode Island
JohnPerilli BRONZE, Cumberland, Rhode Island
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#278663 Poetry
By bonbonlaure SILVER
Bergenfield, New Jersey
bonbonlaure SILVER, Bergenfield, New Jersey
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.-pride and prejudice

#278664 Poetry
Marie_Martinez SILVER, Houston, Texas
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#278665 Poetry
By silvermist999 GOLD
Cambridge, Massachusetts
silvermist999 GOLD, Cambridge, Massachusetts
10 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
If you love something, let it go. If it comes back, it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was and it's not meant to be.

#278666 Poetry
By erialexia PLATINUM
Waterford, Michigan
erialexia PLATINUM, Waterford, Michigan
26 articles 0 photos 3 comments
#278667 Poetry
Beautiful_Abomination-16 GOLD, Bend , Oregon
12 articles 3 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
I am lost in all the darkness of my sins, but your love is what lights my path, the whole way through all of it

#278668 Poetry
By sakurawrrr SILVER
San Ramon, California
sakurawrrr SILVER, San Ramon, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#278669 Poetry
By Geekgirl GOLD
Vista, California
Geekgirl GOLD, Vista, California
10 articles 0 photos 4 comments
#278670 Poetry
By Purpletiger SILVER
Sequim, Washington
Purpletiger SILVER, Sequim, Washington
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"When you get knocked down, you get right back up."