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I am empty I am nothing I am no more than the millions of stories I have told myself My outside is lovely My insides are bare There is no one home My body is full of books and music and pretty things My soul is a house With walls papered With stolen words The plagiarism of geniuses My life is a play I am the star Play-acting through scene after scene Pretending Pretending to be happy Pretending to be clever Pretending to be beautiful Pretending to like boys I execute the scene without flaw There is no applause No curtain calls No bouquets of roses blushing too deeply The scenes continue The play is infinite
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Aug 6, 2018
Aug 6, 2018 at 11:11 PM UTC
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I am empty I am nothing I am no more than the millions of stories I have told myself My outside is lovely My insides are bare There is no one home My body is full of books and music and pretty things My soul is a house With walls papered With stolen words The plagiarism of geniuses My life is a play I am the star Play-acting through scene after scene Pretending Pretending to be happy Pretending to be clever Pretending to be beautiful Pretending to like boys I execute the scene without flaw There is no applause No curtain calls No bouquets of roses blushing too deeply The scenes continue The play is infinite
elissa-gregoire
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Aug 6, 2018
Aug 6, 2018 at 11:11 PM UTC
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