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#392731voted by our readers
By heartxofxchains BRONZE
Coppell, Texas

Dreaming of sunburns, of cancer, of scratches Capitulating me passes the dice Dysfunctional me swallows them down Summer set skylights to the heavens Flash one, flash two The...
heartxofxchains BRONZE, Coppell, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"So don't tell me what to write, and don't tell me that I'm wrong, and don't tell me not to reference my songs within my songs."


#392732 Poetry
By kaates GOLD
Los Angeles, California
kaates GOLD, Los Angeles, California
14 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s pathetic how we can&#039;t live with the things we can&#039;t understand. How we need everything labeled and explained and deconstructed.&quot;<br /> <br /> &ldquo;Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> &ldquo;I just don&#039;t want to die without a few scars.&rdquo;

#392733 Poetry
TexasAngel_1993 BRONZE, Adkins, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#392734 Poetry
Perfectly_Imperfectx2 BRONZE, Reading, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#392735 Poetry
By Inspira_me BRONZE
Palma, Other
Inspira_me BRONZE, Palma, Other
3 articles 0 photos 7 comments
#392736 Poetry
By Nikki-Tabibian GOLD
Los Angeles, California
Nikki-Tabibian GOLD, Los Angeles, California
13 articles 6 photos 2 comments
#392737 Poetry
By Zobst1 GOLD
Buffalo, New York
Zobst1 GOLD, Buffalo, New York
18 articles 0 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.&quot; -The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde

#392738 Poetry
By beccabyverse BRONZE
Staten Island, New York
beccabyverse BRONZE, Staten Island, New York
1 article 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
\\\&quot;Follow your inner moonlight; don\\\&#039;t hide the madness.\\\&quot;- Allen Ginsberg

#392739 Poetry
By VitaminD BRONZE
Chapel Hill, Other
VitaminD BRONZE, Chapel Hill, Other
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You don&#039;t belong in the zoo, you belong in the circus.&quot;<br /> -Dr. Seuss

#392740 Poetry
By .zsz.eclipse. SILVER
Maurepas, Louisiana
.zsz.eclipse. SILVER, Maurepas, Louisiana
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;There must be something in books, something we can&rsquo;t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don&rsquo;t stay for nothing.&rdquo; - Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451