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July 22, 2018
By Mariel2019 GOLD, Boise, Idaho
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Favorite Quote:
"Real girls aren't perfect, and perfect girls aren't real" - unknown

* My favorite quote changes on a day to day basis though... (:

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Words are like sharpie  
 
Thick, ugly, 
 
Black, and permanent, 
 
After years of scrubbing away  
 
They start to fade 
 
But part of them always stay.  
 
You have to live with the mistakes, 
 
You make, 
 
And try to fix it  
 
With what you say and do, 
 
Cause words can be ugly  
 
More permanent,  
 
than you might think . 
 
All in such a short time  
 
Cutting a deep whole  
 
Inside our minds  
 
And then you use the words, 
 
I am sorry , 
 
But your messing with a sharpie.  
 

© Tag H., Galesburg, IL

The author's comments:

I wrote this poem about hurtful words. I was inspired by someone saying what if every word you ever said appeared on your body in sharpie. I was 14 at the time I wrote this and I really felt like the piece spoke to me. 

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