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#471821voted by our readers
By ThatGirlWhoRuinedEverything DIAMOND
Hanover, Illinois

The clank and beep the click of opening doors the muffled bang when they close the rushing people with their insect buzz all conceal the sound of a question but cannot kill i...
ThatGirlWhoRuinedEverything DIAMOND, Hanover, Illinois
75 articles 5 photos 2 comments

#471822 Poetry
By Lets_call_me_Lily DIAMOND
Auckland, Other
Lets_call_me_Lily DIAMOND, Auckland, Other
65 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
They&#039;ll call it chance, or luck, or they&#039;ll call it Fate.<br /> - Neil Gaiman

#471823 Poetry
By Roshie SILVER
Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Roshie SILVER, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.&quot; - Chinese Proverb

#471824 Poetry
McJaylyn BRONZE, Reno, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We must use the weapon of love. We must have understanding and compassion for those who hate us.&quot;<br /> Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.

#471825 Poetry
By sammundt BRONZE
Hughson, California
sammundt BRONZE, Hughson, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#471826 Poetry
By JohnDaniels2000 BRONZE
Farmington, Michigan
JohnDaniels2000 BRONZE, Farmington, Michigan
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
Every other word is weed, in every other verse they speak. They&#039;re saying it&#039;s dope when they all smoke, but now they&#039;re all dead not the people themselves but the lyrics instead.

#471827 Poetry
By AilesanFranco SILVER
Santaquin, Utah
AilesanFranco SILVER, Santaquin, Utah
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
“The way sadness works is one of the strange riddles of the world. If you are stricken with a great sadness, you may feel as if you have been set aflame, not only because of the enormous pain but also because your sadness may spread over your life, like smoke from an enormous fire.¨<br /> – Lemony Snicket

#471829 Poetry
By serendipity_reverie GOLD
San Marino, California
serendipity_reverie GOLD, San Marino, California
13 articles 0 photos 15 comments

Favorite Quote:
Laugh until we think we&#039;ll die, barefoot on a summer&#039;s night, nothin new is sweeter than with you.

#471830 Poetry
By tinamartina12 BRONZE
Las Vegas, Nevada
tinamartina12 BRONZE, Las Vegas, Nevada
2 articles 1 photo 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. -Edward Hopper