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#407111voted by our readers
By Anonymous

I. Whenever you wanted bubblegum, Your mom wouldn’t let you eat it – Just hold it there in your sweaty palm Until it undressed itself there A hollow little egg Your pale hand...

#407112 Poetry
By bonez GOLD
Orange City, Iowa
bonez GOLD, Orange City, Iowa
17 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Get It Done

#407113 Poetry
By kaytrah SILVER
St. Louis, Missouri
kaytrah SILVER, St. Louis, Missouri
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
we're all carried along by the river of dreams. billy joel.

#407114 Poetry
By Anonymous
#407115 Poetry
By ellennie GOLD
Toronto, Other
ellennie GOLD, Toronto, Other
14 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
1) Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.<br /> - Hector Berliotz<br /> and i had another one.. but theres not enough room :(

#407116 Poetry
By Anonymous
#407117 Poetry
By Anonymous
#407118 Poetry
By iluvbubbles SILVER
Olathe, Kansas
iluvbubbles SILVER, Olathe, Kansas
7 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Until I die I say farewell

#407119 Poetry
By outtheresmallone GOLD
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
outtheresmallone GOLD, Sedro-Woolley, Washington
13 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Resist much, obey little.&rdquo; <br /> ― Walt Whitman<br /> &ldquo;If you are a dreamer come in<br /> If you are a dreamer a wisher a liar<br /> A hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyer<br /> If youre a pretender com sit by my fire<br /> For we have some flax golden tales to spin<br /> Come in! <br /> Come in!&quot;<br /> Shel Silverstein

#407120 Poetry
By Elizabeth-of-rohan PLATINUM
Abbeville, Louisiana
Elizabeth-of-rohan PLATINUM, Abbeville, Louisiana
35 articles 0 photos 49 comments

Favorite Quote:
Pain is stronger than life, stronger than death, love, loyalty, duty.<br /> ~Essad Bey<br /> <br /> &quot;you are tired (i think) of the puzzle of living and doing; and so am i. come with me, then, and we&rsquo;ll leave it far and far away&mdash;&quot; - e.e. cummings