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"Who's the fairest?" They all ask. Deciding can be quite the task. Primping, smudging, popping pimples.
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To have your health is to feel that relief. A heartbreaking pride to not be the one in the quiet room, separating their M&Ms.
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Neon lights at dusk. Spinning silhouettes in the dirt, a cigarette butt on rusted paint. The tribal fringe and fireworks.
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"But Mom, you're dead," When you meet in your dreams. Your eyes begin welling, hot and wet at the seams.
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There’s only enough sadness And rejection that a woman can take. From the day she falls in love
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How hard can it be to write a poem? Poems of ten syllables aren’t hard. You just count with your God-given fingers
10 years 12 months ago
Verses - Ashley Crooks (December 20,2011)-candles
Sometimes it’s like I can still feel her little fingers Pushing their way through the monkey bars of her cage, Still feel the gashes she
10 years 12 months ago
     Alive in the death     Aloud in the silence Awake in the nightmare Avid in the stupor Anonymous in the public Alone in the crowd Adv
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Take out the timing that sets all your watches Spin all the gears like flat metal globes 
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Come one! Come all! Come look! Come see! Does anyone want to play the Knife Game with me?
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