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BABYGIRLWRITES

If you don't learn to write your own story, someone else will write it for you

5 poems·Since December 2017
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FIRE

March 31, 2018

FLAMES BURN EVERY INCH AROUND ME 

EVERYTHING I TOUCH TURNS BRIGHT ORANGE

I LIGHT A CIGARETTE WITH MY FINGER

INHALING EVERY BREATH OF SMOKE

THE FIRE BURNS BRIGHTLY

CONSUMING MY LIFE

MY MEMORIES

MY FUTURE

I PULL UP A CHAIR

LIGHT UP AGAIN

SIT BACK

AND WATCH IT ALL BURN TO THE GROUND

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