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Waiting

December 23, 2012
By marchbutterfly GOLD, Orange, New Jersey
marchbutterfly GOLD, Orange, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
"When you play God, you get screwed."


Waiting for someone to pick you
You are waiting for someone to change your life
No longer wanting to rise with the tortilla star

You are beautiful
Like a falling star
You are dressed in velvet high-heels
Eyes painted like Cleopatra
Waiting under the street lights for someone
Someone to pick you, someone to change your life

Someone will pick you
A marshmallow salesman or a no name
You will take him all the same

But he won’t change your life

You belong to Mango Street
You will always belong to Mango Street
You can’t escape


The author's comments:
This poem was inspired by the memoir House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

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on Jan. 6 2013 at 9:49 pm
In_Love_with_Writing GOLD, Easton, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Phillipians 4:13

Nice. I like it :) Can you comment and rate some of mine?