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Shrink
By joyashford BRONZE
West Chester, Pennsylvania

I have reached the unshakeable conclusion that our souls are an evolutionary mistake. Souls, you see, are big, fat, ugly, expansive things, stretching their shaky tendrils out...
joyashford BRONZE, West Chester, Pennsylvania
3 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving."

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#297812 Poetry
Tears of Whiskey
By ChelseaSinclair SILVER
Smithtown, New York
ChelseaSinclair SILVER, Smithtown, New York
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#297813 Poetry
Unexpected Help
By KaraTaylor DIAMOND
Neptune, New Jersey
KaraTaylor DIAMOND, Neptune, New Jersey
81 articles 17 photos 84 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;life isn&#039;t a matter of milestones, but of moments&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;be as you wish to seem.&quot;<br /> <br /> &quot;it&#039;s better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not.&quot;

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#297814 Poetry
Escape
By haley101 DIAMOND
Windsor, Connecticut
haley101 DIAMOND, Windsor, Connecticut
70 articles 5 photos 195 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.&rdquo;<br /> <br /> ― Mary Oliver

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#297815 Poetry
Happy is too Hopeful
By Ashers101 DIAMOND
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Ashers101 DIAMOND, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
54 articles 0 photos 26 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don&#039;t want to be like everyone else, I want to be me. I won&#039;t walk with all of you on the ground because I can fly. -My own quote

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#297816 Poetry
Nightmares of the forsaken
By DarknessFalls PLATINUM
Alhambra, California
DarknessFalls PLATINUM, Alhambra, California
47 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. -Edgar Allan Poe

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#297817 Poetry
It Mattered.
By LilaChason SILVER
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
LilaChason SILVER, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
7 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
Everyone is a genius but if you judge a fish on it&#039;s ability to climb a tree it will go it&#039;s whole life believing it&#039;s stupid- Albert Einstein

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#297818 Poetry
Through a zombie's eyes
By MemorialMustangs GOLD
McAllen, Texas
MemorialMustangs GOLD, McAllen, Texas
10 articles 1 photo 12 comments
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#297819 Poetry
Writer
By kelseyjean13 PLATINUM
Huntertown, Indiana
kelseyjean13 PLATINUM, Huntertown, Indiana
26 articles 5 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
&quot;why wait for the storm to pass when you can dance in the rain&quot;

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#297820 Poetry
Heartstrings
By Bryn.B GOLD
Spring, Texas
Bryn.B GOLD, Spring, Texas
18 articles 0 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Maybe who I was cannot be captured, only reminisced; all I know is I&#039;m my favorite me I&#039;ve ever been.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -Michael W. J. Yearout

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