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By Anonymous

If I could pull out my heart, and show you how it works, How it pumps blood, oxygen, regret and vodka through my veins, You’d understand me, and I’d die a man in your eyes, be...

#294502 Poetry
By Samantha Ross BRONZE
Mayslick, Kentucky
Samantha Ross BRONZE, Mayslick, Kentucky
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#294503 Poetry
By Be_Free PLATINUM
Longview, Texas
Be_Free PLATINUM, Longview, Texas
37 articles 1 photo 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion overall." -- The Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe

#294504 Poetry
By Alyssa Wulf SILVER
Sussex, Wisconsin
Alyssa Wulf SILVER, Sussex, Wisconsin
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#294505 Poetry
By writtenthoughtss BRONZE
Unalaska, Alaska
writtenthoughtss BRONZE, Unalaska, Alaska
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#294506 Poetry
By ElaM ELITE
Surrey, Columbia
ElaM ELITE, Surrey, Columbia
321 articles 27 photos 120 comments

Favorite Quote:
“I was ashamed of myself when I realized life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face.” ~Franz Kafka

#294507 Poetry
By Angelou GOLD
Pointe Claire, Other
Angelou GOLD, Pointe Claire, Other
15 articles 1 photo 6 comments
SecretAgentGirl BRONZE, Danville, Indiana
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Carry on, my wayward son. There'll be peace when you are done. Lay your weary head to rest. Don't you cry no more."

#294509 Poetry
kharizmatikk GOLD, Livingston, New Jersey
16 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Today you are you<br /> That is truer than true.<br /> There is no one alive<br /> Who is youer than you.<br /> <br /> Dr. Seuss

#294510 Poetry
By evrycloudyday7 PLATINUM
Wappingers Falls, New York
evrycloudyday7 PLATINUM, Wappingers Falls, New York
28 articles 0 photos 41 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what counts.&quot; Seneca<br /> &quot;I&#039;ll just read a book instead. I don&#039;t care if we&#039;re just friends. I can hang out with myself I&#039;m old enough now to pretend. Bam ba dum ba dum ba dum.&quot; kate n