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By jl637 DIAMOND
Livingston, New Jersey

  my mother drinks only light. we sit together on the terrace, a cup of oolong tea in my cold hands, the bitter taste reminding me of my mother’s third-world homelan...
jl637 DIAMOND, Livingston, New Jersey
72 articles 0 photos 16 comments

#215872 Poetry
By ChaseGuillory BRONZE
Tarzana, California
ChaseGuillory BRONZE, Tarzana, California
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#215873 Poetry
By Anonymous
#215874 Poetry
By Lunarae93 BRONZE
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Lunarae93 BRONZE, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
1 article 0 photos 1 comment
#215875 Poetry
By jmottola SILVER
Verona, New Jersey
jmottola SILVER, Verona, New Jersey
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#215876 Poetry
By Timmy347 SILVER
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Timmy347 SILVER, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Failure is an option, because without fail you will never grow.

#215877 Poetry
By trblue GOLD
Richmond, Virginia
trblue GOLD, Richmond, Virginia
14 articles 7 photos 141 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Too often we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you, it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown. It only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and slap that mother@#?!&* upside the head. "

#215878 Poetry
By M-and-M-Denver SILVER
Mebane, North Carolina
M-and-M-Denver SILVER, Mebane, North Carolina
8 articles 0 photos 29 comments

Favorite Quote:
Why should I change to please people? They tell you to be yourself, and then they judge you for you. It's like standing with your clothes on. They like you when you're covered up, but when you show the real you, you're naked. They don't like it

#215879 Poetry
By ajpacitto2027 BRONZE
Hudson, Louisiana
ajpacitto2027 BRONZE, Hudson, Louisiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#215880 Poetry
By ruthlesslyruthie GOLD
Mechanicsville, Virginia
ruthlesslyruthie GOLD, Mechanicsville, Virginia
10 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
to love--to fall--is not a question.<br /> to touch--to kiss--to speak--those are the questions.