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#469581voted by our readers
By mourningstar13 BRONZE
Mansfield, Texas

You are the lifeless grackle crowding the telephone lines. You fly in large flocks with your smooth, slick, shiny feathers, the color of an oil spill seeping into the ocean....
mourningstar13 BRONZE, Mansfield, Texas
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"The old law of an eye for an eye just leaves the whole world blind." -Ghandi


#469582 Poetry
By elle123456 BRONZE
Fayetteville, North Carolina
elle123456 BRONZE, Fayetteville, North Carolina
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Don&#039;t cry because it&#039;s over, smile because it happened.&rdquo; <br /> ― Dr. Seuss

#469583 Poetry
By EbonyandIvory PLATINUM
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
EbonyandIvory PLATINUM, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
28 articles 0 photos 11 comments

Favorite Quote:
Happiness is only a theory.<br /> Fate is my only enemy.

#469584 Poetry
By ThereseVidal11 SILVER
Coral Gables, Florida
ThereseVidal11 SILVER, Coral Gables, Florida
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;In the end, it&#039;s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.&quot;

#469585 Poetry
By Clary_Fray DIAMOND
Castro Valley, California
Clary_Fray DIAMOND, Castro Valley, California
50 articles 13 photos 35 comments

Favorite Quote:
foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of the mind<br /> -rwe

#469586 Poetry
AvivaJackie BRONZE, Solon, Ohio
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#469587 Poetry
By Piker2nd SILVER
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Piker2nd SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#469588 Poetry
By Singer1 GOLD
Youngstown, Ohio
Singer1 GOLD, Youngstown, Ohio
16 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"There is a grain of truth in every fairy tale." Andrzej Sapkowski

#469589 Poetry
By Anonymous
VocallyTransmittedDisease BRONZE, Chicago, Illinois
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
My mother always told me, you can either be yourself or try really hard to be someone else; Well im a lazy b**** and im not tryin hard for anything i don&#039;t have too<br /> -Whoopi Goldburg