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Eccentric MAG
  I remember it
  so well – end of August,
  the air still rife with heat,
  the night stars, and
  I felt
  that I was a star
  just beginning to realize
  my so-called “brilliance,” and
  for a moment I
  believed
  that life
  was my thumb to bend
  however far back I pleased,
  maybe even breaking
  a bone
if I wanted to.

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"for a moment I
believed that life
was my thumb to bend"; not only the description but how you made an intermission there so it made it all sound stronger to me while reading!
Good job! :)
When I first realized that being different is okay.