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BubblegumI have this theory that butterflies taste like bubblegum. / When I was a kid, my tongue was a permanent shade of bright pink. Shoving as many pieces of BubbleYum into my mouth as I could fit was the epitome of happiness, and when I could fit an entire package at once I knew there was nothing I couldn’t achieve. / And I’m sure that right now if you cut me open my stomach would be a fluorescent pink, because

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Heels{Body}I stand tall / straight-backed, head high / on high heels, bright and sharp

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CriminalMy Evidence professor told us / Testimony is not believable / Unless other facts back it up.

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SestinaThe shape of her necklace / Is mirrored in the clouds, / A moon like her smile.

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Cupid as ArtemisArrow enters flesh / piercing, and then lodging / refusing to pass through

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BlowholeMy great-great-great-great-great-times-a-million grandmother / was a whale. / And although the Origin of Species never mentions **** sapiens

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JackhammerMy convictions were so strong, I had finally figured out life, my pain had ceased and my outlook was once again positive. / My concrete ground has crumbled; I trip as my feet are caught in the cracks as I walk past. / Before I envied those who had, and despised being the one without. Then I gained, and stitched my life’s ***** on the fabric stitch by stitch, painstakingly sewing myself my own vulnerability with each day. There, my greatest strength became my greatest weakness. When the hand came down and ripped out my needlepoint, it effectively tore out my very life’s blood.

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In Trutinaappendages cold, swiftly touched by flame’s embrace / ice water, cooler than before / pulsating muscle crystallizes

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My church hates meThe faded sticker on my dresser reads I AM JESUS’ DISCIPLE / and my church hates me. / I pierced holes in my temple and set diamonds in them

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Today Didn't FitNote to self: / Tomorrow, go back to that store that sold you today and return it. / And suggest that they install a fitting room

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