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Poems: 2006 - 2014

by nothispenelope

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November 14, 2016

from: sept. 2006

‘Rubbing Alcohol It stings for 5 seconds But I’ve learned how to deal with the pain Because I’ve been in much more/worse ‘


November 14, 2016

from: sept. 2006

‘Walking Through A Fog I’m walking through a fog I can hardly hear you I need to surface. ‘


November 14, 2016

from: sept. 2006

‘ Paper Thin The walls are paper thin I have to force myself to breathe Everything is heard. ‘


November 14, 2016

from: nov. 2006

‘ ‘ “What’s wrong?” you ask. “Nothing,” I tell you. My lips form the words but my eyes say something else entirely different. The eyes that everyone else thinks are freaky because they change col...


November 14, 2016

from: nov. 2006

‘ ‘Red wine glasses spilled Lying on the floor The bodies pressed into each other The haunting melodies of being alive The eruption comes from her miscarriage The pain of every anguished sense Th...


November 14, 2016

from: nov. 2006

‘‘English Class Group Activity The teacher asks us to get into groups of 3. because there’s an odd number. Everyone rearranges themselves. I’m horrible at this. The 2 girls in front of me move ...


November 13, 2016

from: feb. 2011

‘ ‘.........plucks his orchid We were lying in the living room on the carpet in front of the tv our backs to it. Even though she’d seen me in my ugliness she still thought I was beautiful and lov...


November 13, 2016

from: nov. 2010

‘’wrote this today. didn’t come out the way i’d originally planned. inspired by the film For Colored Girls. Its just a whisper just a fuking whisper You can deal with you’ve dealt with much worse...


November 13, 2016

from: oct. 2010

‘ ‘the floor was covered in roses when she walked into the room. covered in bruises from her previous relationships. but god she was gorgeous. powerful but not, possessive. the water goddess.’


The teacher asks us to get into groups of 3. because there’s an odd number. Everyone rearranges themselves. I’m horrible at this. The 2 girls in front of me ...


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