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She was only 17 and smelled of cigarettes and sorrow
Standing under an old streetlight on the corner of
42nd and Harlow Avenue in the latest the hour can be

Why was she there, on the corner of 42nd and Harlow Avenue?
Nobody knew
Not even she did
Or how she got there
But that part wasn't entirely important
She still had her phone, her purse, her dignity
And most of her clothing?
Maybe just her phone and purse.

Her intoxication had taken over
Her vision is slightly blurry
And her head feels as though it weren't even there
Her senses are tricking her
For she hears a familiar rhythm from behind
Getting louder and louder in 4/4 time
She only realizes what it is when it stops right next to her

"How Much?" The man asks her
His eyes are full of greed
And his breath's filled with Whiskey
Hers probably smelled the same
Along with the result of an empty Camels pack

"Well?" He asks again, his eyes fixed on every curve her dress made
"How Much?"

She looks at him
Dead in the eye

"Life has no price when one wishes to end it."

He stares at her for a few seconds more
Then walks off into the shadows to find satisfaction

She watches him go
And keeps looking long after he's gone
She opens a new pack
And blows through half of it
Toying with the idea of taking three steps into Harlow Avenue

Seemed a fitting ending
Hey there
I apologize for a narrative with a sad note to it
But it's something I came up with awhile ago
And I wanted to share it
Thank you for reading once again
It means the sea to me

I'm working on something big
Excited to share it with you

Take care.
 Jul 2017 Evie Richards
kayla
Some days I'm ok...
and some days i am not.

Like waking up and seeing I got an F
because somehow I forgot.

I dreamed of you last night,
just like each night before

It's only been a week,
but i'm broken at the core.

I don't know how to explain,
you left me, i'm in pain

Some days I'm okay...
but mostly I am not.
It's been a week today since I broke up with my boyfriend of three years. And I can't stop thinking about it. I see him every night in my dreams. I'm starting to forget what it felt like- him sleeping next to me.
 Jul 2017 Evie Richards
Desi
Rape me
 Jul 2017 Evie Richards
Desi
**** me.
I guess that's what I was saying when I looked at you the wrong way.
Or maybe it was what I was wearing.
Those neon green jeans and my favorite tee.
I was only eleven, when I woke up from a drunken slumber with you on top of me.
That thought still haunts me.
I still see your eyes when I fall asleep.
I still see those days where I thought a boy four years older than me actually wanted to be my friend.
I still see the first night I told you I'd smoke with you.
An illegal drug I told myself I'd never do.
After all I grew up Seeing everything my mother went through.
How could I?
I think it was Your voice that took me up like an ocean and sweetly swept me off my feet.
I trusted you.
I shouldn't have.
you ruined me.
You're probably living your life as you should be now.
Like nothing ever happened.
I bet you don't even think of me.
You turned me into something I shouldn't have been at that age.
But maybe you don't think of it that way.
I just wanted to say,
I do.
 Jul 2017 Evie Richards
Wordfreak
I write
About all unholy things.
Twisting shadows,
Making peace with Demons,
And dancing with The Devil.
I admit,
I've made my fair share of mistakes,
But what did you expect?
Surely you should be wary of
A Wolf with a tongue of silver?
A boy who plays with shadows,
And hides from the whispers in his head,
Regardless,
I've missed this.
I've missed the outpouring.
I've held everything in for too long.
Love and hate have torn me apart,
So now I take time to heal.
I welcome anyone,
Old Friends and enemies,
New adversaries and acquaintances,
If you have something you want to speak about,
Something to set straight,
Or just want to catch up,
You know where to find me.
I've missed you all.
My mind is awake.
Life is pointless.
So please,
Give me something to write for.
-Mike
You look at me,
head bent, shoulders down
face contorted by a frown,
tears barely held at bay,
yet you still ask, "Are you okay?"

As my head turns towards you
and a facade of a smile
returns once more
to hide my pain
I think of a million things to say.

I could tell you of my sorrows,
my many weighing burdens.
I could relate all my anger and hate,
not of others but rather of myself.
I could pin you down under the mound
of torturous experiences I live through daily.

Instead, I lie.
With practiced, fake motions
I look you in the eye
and begrudgingly utter
two words that disarm
your insincere concern.

"I'm fine."
Le « sort » fantasque qui me gâte à sa manière -

M'a logé cette fois, peut-être la dernière

Et la dernière c'est la bonne - à l'hôpital !

De mon rêve à ceci le réveil est brutal

Mais explicable par le fait d'une voleuse

(Dont l'histoire posthume est, dit-on, graveleuse)

Du fait d'un rhumatisme aussi, moindre détail ;

Puis d'un gîte où l'on est qu'importe le portail ?

J'y suis, j'y vis. « Non, j'y végète », on rectifie ;

On se trompe. J'y vis dans le strict de la vie,

Le pain qu'il faut, pas trop de vin, et mieux couché !

Évidemment j'expie un très ancien péché

(Très ancien ?) dont mon sang a des fois la secousse,

Et la pénitence est relativement douce

Dans le martyrologe et sur l'armorial

Des poètes, peut-être un peu proverbial.

C'est un lieu comme un autre, on en prend l'habitude:

A prison bonne enfant longanime Latude.

Sans compter qu'au rimeur, pour en parler, alors !

Pauvre et fier, il ne reste qu'à mourir dehors

Ou tout comme, en ces temps vraiment trop peu propices.

Et mourir pour mourir. Muse qui me respices,

Autant le faire ici qu'ailleurs, et même mieux,

Sinon qu'ici l'on est tout « laïque », les vieux

Abus sont réformés et le « citoyen » libre !

Et fort ! doit, ou l'État perdrait son équilibre,

Avec ça qu'il n'est pas à cheval sur un pall !

Mourir dans les bras du Conseil Municipal,

Mal rassurante et pas assez édifiante

Conclusion pour tel, qu'un vœu mystique hante

Moi par exemple, j'en forme l'aveu sans fard,

Me dût-on traiter d'âne ou d'impudent cafard,

La conversation, dans ce modeste asile,

Ne m'est pas autrement pénible et difficile !

Ces braves gens, que le Journal rend un peu sots,

Du moins ont conservé, malgré tous les assauts

Que « l'Instruction » livre à leur tête obsédée ;

Quelque saveur encor de parole et d'idée ;

La Révolution, qu'il faut toujours citer

Et condamner, n'a pu complètement gâter

Leur trivialité non sans grâce et sincère.

Même je les préfère aux mufles de ma sphère

Certes ! et je subis leur choc sans trop d'émoi.

Leur vice et leur vertu sont juste à point pour moi

Les goûter et me plaire en ces lieux salutaires

(A comme moi) des espèces de solitaires,

Espèce de couvent moins cet espoir chrétien !

Le monde est tel qu'ici je n'ai besoin de rien

Et que j'y resterais, ma foi, toute ma vie,

Sans grands jaloux, j'espère, et pour sûr, sans envie !

Si, dès guéri, si je guéris, car tout se peut,

Je n'avais quelque chose à faire, que Dieu veut.
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