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#85291voted by our readers
By TwistedAlyx SILVER
Faywood, New Mexico

There is no crease in this armor. Your edges are too smooth to scale with bruised fingers and tired eyes. Joints creak No light escapes from the salt of your womb where you ar...
TwistedAlyx SILVER, Faywood, New Mexico
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The mind is its own place and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.&quot;<br /> <br /> -John Milton, Paradise Lost


#85292 Poetry
By Mallory Risko GOLD
Ocala, Florida
Mallory Risko GOLD, Ocala, Florida
11 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#85293 Poetry
By alli-sun SILVER
Princeton, New Jersey
alli-sun SILVER, Princeton, New Jersey
9 articles 16 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;All art is quite useless.&quot; -Oscar Wilde

#85294 Poetry
By Caleb Adkins BRONZE
El Cajon, California
Caleb Adkins BRONZE, El Cajon, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#85295 Poetry
By DizjayBlount PLATINUM
Las Vegas, Nevada
DizjayBlount PLATINUM, Las Vegas, Nevada
33 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Emotions? Nope, I&#039;ve got nothin&#039; like that. I told you when we first met, didn&#039;t I? I&#039;m a snake. With cold skin, no emotions, that slithers around searching for prey with its tongue, swallowing down whatever looks tasty&quot; <br /> -Gin Ichimaru

#85296 Poetry
AnnaMusic BRONZE, Columbia, Missouri
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#85297 Poetry
By AndriaGromley SILVER
Hillsdale, Pennsylvania
AndriaGromley SILVER, Hillsdale, Pennsylvania
8 articles 2 photos 113 comments

Favorite Quote:
Yesterday, upon the stair,<br /> I met a man who wasn&rsquo;t there<br /> He wasn&rsquo;t there again today<br /> I wish, I wish he&rsquo;d go away...

#85298 Poetry
By Anonymous
#85299 Poetry
By emilyvquach BRONZE
Arcadia, California
emilyvquach BRONZE, Arcadia, California
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#85300 Poetry
By MayaClark BRONZE
Lake City, Florida
MayaClark BRONZE, Lake City, Florida
1 article 0 photos 0 comments