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#246561voted by our readers
By Kaeme BRONZE
Brooklyn, New York

with the tip of an ink pen, i perform this sacred ritual: i tear open my chest i rip apart my skin i dig through my flesh i drill into my bone; and like an Aztec priest, i g...
Kaeme BRONZE, Brooklyn, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

#246562 Poetry
By Sereena BRONZE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sereena BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sometimes giving someone a second chance is like giving them an extra bullet for their gun. Because they missed you the first time."

#246563 Poetry
By LaurenKenobi PLATINUM
Hartland, Wisconsin
LaurenKenobi PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
32 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.&quot; -Anthony Burgess<br /> &quot;We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it.&quot; -Anthony Burgess

#246564 Poetry
By Tiffany Mann BRONZE
Rockford, Michigan
Tiffany Mann BRONZE, Rockford, Michigan
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
LUCIA ARTEAGA BRONZE, MESA, Arizona
2 articles 0 photos 7 comments
#246566 Poetry
By hitheresara SILVER
Oil City, Pennsylvania
hitheresara SILVER, Oil City, Pennsylvania
6 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The world turns and the world spins, the tide runs in and the tide runs out, and there is nothing in the world more beautiful and more wonderful in all its evolved forms than two souls who look at each other straight on.&quot; <br /> &mdash; Gary D. Schmidt (Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy)

#246567 Poetry
By Dreamer03 BRONZE
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama
Dreamer03 BRONZE, BIRMINGHAM, Alabama
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#246568 Poetry
By Anonymous
#246569 Poetry
By Maddiewells SILVER
Covington, Louisiana
Maddiewells SILVER, Covington, Louisiana
8 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#246570 Poetry
Underdog73 GOLD, Denver, Colorado
16 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don&#039;t trust actions, I trust words