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Imitatio Dei
By lalalalisaa BRONZE
Rochester, New York

Bare bones cowering beneath pale skin, you declared it made me beautiful. We were condemned by heavy metal and Tarantino films, but I never had a problem with that, or the bru...
lalalalisaa BRONZE, Rochester, New York
3 articles 0 photos 1 comment

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&quot;I was always an unusual girl.<br /> My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean, and if I said I didn&#039;t plan for it to turn out this way I&rsquo;d be lying.<br /> Because I was born to be the other woman.<br /> I belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.<br /> Who had nothing, who wanted everything, with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn&#039;t even talk about it, and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me.&quot;

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Saying goodbye
By Hailey.0 BRONZE
Scappoose, Oregon
Hailey.0 BRONZE, Scappoose, Oregon
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
Never say goodbye, because saying goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting. <br /> -Peter Pan

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Long Live the King
By Seth31401 BRONZE
Portland, Oregon
Seth31401 BRONZE, Portland, Oregon
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
To let understanding stop at what cannot be understood is a high attainment. Those who cannot do it will be destroyed on the lathe of heaven.

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before and after
By bella-nielsen GOLD
Marshall, Minnesota
bella-nielsen GOLD, Marshall, Minnesota
13 articles 27 photos 28 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;autism isn&#039;t contagious, but a smile is and that&#039;s what im afraid of.&quot;-grumpy cat

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To Want (Lost Shoes)
By jordan7707 SILVER
Peterborough, New Hampshire
jordan7707 SILVER, Peterborough, New Hampshire
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Anything worth doing, is worth over-doing. Moderation is for cowards.&quot; -Lone Survivor

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Tough Love
By Tannmann3118 PLATINUM
Rochester, New York
Tannmann3118 PLATINUM, Rochester, New York
38 articles 0 photos 8 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The sky is falling, the wind is calling, stand for something or die in the morning.&quot; - Kendrick Lamar

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If I Were in Charge of the World
By Isaiah Turner BRONZE
Vienna, Virginia
Isaiah Turner BRONZE, Vienna, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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This Is Not a Love Poem
By Danielle_Cooke BRONZE
Boulder, Colorado
Danielle_Cooke BRONZE, Boulder, Colorado
2 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I sit here before flowers, hoping they will train me in the art of opening up.&quot;

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for what it's work. if anything at all
By Anonymous
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i wish i could write you a proper villanelle MAG
By zofiap BRONZE
Brookline, Massachusetts
zofiap BRONZE, Brookline, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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