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By Sparkle1pops PLATINUM
Colorado Springs, Colorado

We emerge from the city one by one the expected white trash, backstreet scum. Tall black boots and backbiting eyes. A cold cash cling a one night thing. Never coun...
Sparkle1pops PLATINUM, Colorado Springs, Colorado
31 articles 20 photos 342 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.&quot;<br /> - Oscar Wilde


#5852 Poetry
By rofl-copter SILVER
Trumbull, Connecticut
rofl-copter SILVER, Trumbull, Connecticut
8 articles 3 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;No ordinary wings I need, the sky itself will carry me&quot;

#5853 Poetry
By phlogiston ELITE
Hermitage, Tennessee
phlogiston ELITE, Hermitage, Tennessee
224 articles 0 photos 117 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A day without laughter is a day wasted&quot; -Charlie Chaplin

#5854 Poetry
Jwaliet BRONZE, Brisbane, Other
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5855 Poetry
By Crossingmyfingers SILVER
Mounds View, Minnesota
Crossingmyfingers SILVER, Mounds View, Minnesota
9 articles 6 photos 11 comments
#5856 Poetry
By Valerieeew SILVER
Santa Maria, California
Valerieeew SILVER, Santa Maria, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#5857 Poetry
carlytracz PLATINUM, Manhattan, Kansas
21 articles 1 photo 30 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We allow ourselves to dream without fear of how impossible it may seem.&quot; -Z.H.<br /> &quot;Anything other than yes is no. Anything other than stay is go. Anything less than &#039;I love you.&#039; is lying.&quot; -John Mayer.

#5858 Poetry
By GirlintheRedChair1 SILVER
Menifee, California
GirlintheRedChair1 SILVER, Menifee, California
7 articles 4 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;My life is a loan from God. And I plan to pay it back, but with interest&quot; Andy Wimmer

#5859 Poetry
By Claire_Eliza26 GOLD
Traverse City, Michigan
Claire_Eliza26 GOLD, Traverse City, Michigan
19 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
They tell us, &quot;destroy what destroys you&quot; and then they get mad when we hurt ourselves

#5860 Poetry
By softball6 PLATINUM
Humansville, Missouri
softball6 PLATINUM, Humansville, Missouri
33 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
*^^^LET DREAMS FLY, BEFORE THEY DIE^^^*---sarah brothers