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February 17, 2013
By Arrow.Kay SILVER, Woodstock, Virginia
Arrow.Kay SILVER, Woodstock, Virginia
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At 12, my mother told me
that going to sleep with make-up still on
would take two weeks off your life.
I know she meant
that I would wrinkle prematurely
and look like my grandmother in my senior pictures
but I still don't wash my face
before I get into bed.
By my estimation, I've got about three days left



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Mckay ELITE said...
on Sep. 13 2013 at 4:02 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

I feel a sadness in this poem that maybe many might not feel. The way this person just accepts death willingly at such a young age because she's overly self-conscious of her image is sad to me. Great poem nonetheless.