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Lizzy
Poems
Nov 2013
Once Beautifully Empty
Her blank canvas
Empty, but promising
To become something good
But her masterpiece took an evil turn
She used only one tool
Strokes of only deep reds
Letting the paint drop to the floor
Where it would then stain
She hid her canvas
Until the deep reds had faded to pinks and purples
Then she unveiled it to the world
It wasn't a masterpiece.
It wasn't a piece of art.
It wasn't beautiful.
It was ugly.
It was disgusting.
It was horrific.
No one liked it.
Except for her.
So she decided to continue filling the canvas
This time experimenting
Different tools
Yet still the only color she used was red
She went days
Weeks
Months
Years
Adding to her canvas
Until one day
She couldn't
Her canvas no longer meant anything to her
So instead, she burned it
Written by
Lizzy
Chicago
(Chicago)
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