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#176481voted by our readers
By nate555nate BRONZE
Hollywood, Maryland

Like a cage: stifling, overcoming. No escape from reality. Only babbling mouths, no minds- thoughtless. Uttering noise; sounds Of the flesh with no purpose. Droning ideas floo...
nate555nate BRONZE, Hollywood, Maryland
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#176482 Poetry
By Virginia PLATINUM
Bartonville, Texas
Virginia PLATINUM, Bartonville, Texas
21 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
And yet, through the gloom and the light,<br /> The fate of a nation was riding that night<br /> And the flame struck out by the steed in its flight<br /> Kindled the land into flame with its heat<br /> <br /> Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#176483 Poetry
EzekielSilver BRONZE, Nampa, Idaho
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#176484 Poetry
By rainissa SILVER
Edmonds, Washington
rainissa SILVER, Edmonds, Washington
6 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#176485 Poetry
By Anonymous
#176486 Poetry
By Dahlia SILVER
Steuben, Maine
Dahlia SILVER, Steuben, Maine
9 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Kill one and you&#039;re a murderer; Kill one hundred and you&#039;re a soldier; Kill them all and you&#039;re a hero.

#176487 Poetry
By daydreamer793 PLATINUM
New York, New York
daydreamer793 PLATINUM, New York, New York
20 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;This too shall pass.&quot;<br /> &quot;What&#039;s going to happen in there, it&#039;s not right or wrong, it&#039;s not good or bad, it is. It&#039;s what happens next. &quot;<br /> &quot;Even the worst things have things to love in them.&quot;

#176488 Poetry
By purplepickles GOLD
Mounds View, Minnesota
purplepickles GOLD, Mounds View, Minnesota
10 articles 12 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
ever Let Anyone tell you &quot;No&quot;<br /> Write your own lyrics<br /> war is unhealthy for children and other living things

#176489 Poetry
By akjhurg BRONZE
Littleton, Colorado
akjhurg BRONZE, Littleton, Colorado
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#176490 Poetry
By Comified BRONZE
Telford, Pennsylvania
Comified BRONZE, Telford, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments