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#13701voted by our readers
By Lydiaq ELITE
Somonauk, Illinois

Today is a day of blackness and death and thoughts and whiskey and prayers. Today is a day for the American flag to struggle up to the top of the flagpole, only to slink back to i...
Lydiaq ELITE, Somonauk, Illinois
179 articles 54 photos 1026 comments

Favorite Quote:
The universe must be a teenage girl. So much darkness, so many stars.<br /> --me


#13702 Poetry
another_teenage_itiot PLATINUM, Huston, Arkansas
30 articles 0 photos 16 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why are we so angry<br /> why are we so sad<br /> we dont need to stare back<br /> at everything we had

#13703 Poetry
jameswritesinsecret DIAMOND, Auburn, Alabama
53 articles 2 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;We live until we live no more&quot;<br /> Frontier City- Kings of Leon

#13704 Poetry
By hikaru-nara-kheel DIAMOND
Perkasie, Pennsylvania
hikaru-nara-kheel DIAMOND, Perkasie, Pennsylvania
78 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
\&quot;...because we all know...magic does not work through the phone.\&quot; -Tomoko Katsu (my character)

#13705 Poetry
By AnubhutiKumar PLATINUM
New York, New York
AnubhutiKumar PLATINUM, New York, New York
41 articles 0 photos 8 comments
#13706 Poetry
By Lecksi_e SILVER
Fruitport, Michigan
Lecksi_e SILVER, Fruitport, Michigan
9 articles 23 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.&quot;- Anais Nin

#13707 Poetry
By OwlBaby PLATINUM
Hudsonville, Michigan
OwlBaby PLATINUM, Hudsonville, Michigan
36 articles 1 photo 4 comments
#13708 Poetry
By yanirarodriguez611 BRONZE
Sacramento, California
yanirarodriguez611 BRONZE, Sacramento, California
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You have shed a thousand skins to become the person you are today. And if you ever feel overwhelmed by the many people you once were, remember, your bones have grown, but what makes them has never changed." - Nikita Gill

#13709 Poetry
By SpencerMeat BRONZE
Bryant, Arkansas
SpencerMeat BRONZE, Bryant, Arkansas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#13710 Poetry
.Escape.From.This.Afterlife. GOLD, Short Hills, New Jersey
10 articles 0 photos 92 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;bad blood is more satisfying to spill across the floor...&quot;