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The End // A short story experiment.A horror movie scene as the heroine escapes. / Everything is still besides her convalescing breath and the distant, chasing wind. / Not a noise is heard except the fall leave's rattle and the birch wood's moaning bark in the moonlight.

@EphemeralLikeGold17

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Fall SongAnother year gone, leaving everywhere / its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves, / the uneaten fruits crumbling damply

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DoctorsYou say doctors will / make the best poets. / They will search your emotions

@rained-on-parade55

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******* Down a WaterfallI stood there, / Tall and proud, / Half yard behind

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A sip of coffeeA sip of coffee / Disclosing my story / Pasting in this scrapbook,

@nicole-bataclan14

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Help me love my humilityYou’re not the unreachable stars / You’re not the almighty sun / You are every blade of grass

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She took my nieceShe took my niece, / Made her, her-daughter. / Two of them sippin' coffee

@nat-lipstadt18

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I Care About My BodyA man I once loved told me he wished I “cared more about my body” / But I do care / I care for every lump and curve as much as I hate them

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DandelionI am the breath you exhale / That sends dandelion seeds asail. / To you, a momentary pleasure,

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bars in your hometownso i get this idea sometimes / that you enjoy being coy / when it comes to me

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Shabash! (Hindi: शाबाश, Urdu: شاباش, Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼, Bengali: শাবাশ, Telugu: శబాష్)Shabash / Shābāsh (Hindi: शाबाश, Urdu: شاباش, Punjabi: ਸ਼ਾਬਾਸ਼, Bengali: শাবাশ, Telugu: శబాష్) is a term used in the Indian subcontinent to signal commendation for an achievement, similar in meaning to / bravo and kudos.

@nat-lipstadt58

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a momentary smilein this age of vanishing dreams / and crying ghosts / I find myself drawn again and again

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We Stared At The Corpses Of StarsWe wandered our gazes / to the semidarkness Illuminated / above our sight.

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ResilienceSundays, too, she got up early and let her feet lead her through the dusty alleys of that small town / It was a luxury to have this kind of time alone, silence was vital food for her soul / Enduring the weekday demands to relish a few hours of nothingness, rare meditation,

@invisible-man16

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I'm not strongWhen people tell me / That I'm strong / I'm beautiful

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Momentary MaturityMoments of grace, moments of glory / times I can be myself and not be sorry / but they never stick around never seem to stay

@derrick-annisfr23

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Feminine GraceI just stood transfixed, letting her eyes light / the smothered wick in me that needed the oil of love / with anxious stutter I asked, "Is your name Grace?"

@k-balachandran17

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LustmurderSludge and blood. The smell of deep red iron / filtering through the rocks and bodies bruised to the touch. / Grotesque collections of pills and broken skin;

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Candied LiesYour lies were dipped in bittersweet chocolate; / with a heaping amount of caramel sauce drizzled on top. / I gobbled up more than I care to openly admit;

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************There’s a strong urgency in ************ / The longing for there to be another human body / pressed up against your own, so much so you envision

@tatiana-arredondo10

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Broken toysDraped, / in a long sleeve / shirt,

@GodDamnItCat23

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The Mushroom Now GrewMy mushroom was watered by your juices / fertilised the head grew in your dampness. / the seedling grew in anticipation, would it

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McRomancethe other day i sat alone having lunch in a McDonalds. / i found the Big Mac enjoyable and the wedge fries good enough / but what i truly loved was the cold-ass Oreo McFlurry.

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KnockI hear a knock upon my door. / Or was it there inside my head, where only ever dread for the things in life I can't obtain remains; No matter how hard I may in one form or another train? / And so I'll sell a piece of my soul yet again; My price of admission to taste love's glory for but a momentary grin.

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