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Published: 2012-09-23 20:32:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 23896; Favourites: 1097; Downloads: 192
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I am the girl who hides between moth eaten paper backsAnd slips into bookstores and devours leather bound spines
I am chloroform lips bitten down, red and rosy
Ink stained finger tips that fold book pages between my pupils
I'm the girl who drowns herself in coffee and cough drops
While remaining curled between Tennyson and Steinbeck
Wasting days wondering why grass is green
And how it can be greener for others and not I
Then I realized its all artificial food colouring
And polystyrene picket fences
Sticky notes yellowed at the edges reminding myself how to smile
I've pasted them on my skin in makeshift paper Mache armour
But like all mangled words I will be thrown inside a wastebasket
Saved for a rainy day
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I love everything about this poem.Β Β
Don't listen to the people a few comments down who are calling you a "special snowflake."
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Thank you so much
I actually hadn't realized people had said that but I'm not too fazed as everyone is entitled to their opinion.
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This is absolutely beautiful. The wording is so precise; no unnecessary flourishes, and just the right length to get the imagery clear. You did an amazing job with this. Congrats on the DD!
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someone call an ambulance, we have an urgent case of special snowflake syndrome on our hands
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She's not like other girls. She likes books, and coffee.Β
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Girl: Am i pretty?
Boy: No
Girl: Do u even want to be with me forever?
Boy: No
Girl: Do u even like me?
Boy: No
Girl: Would u cry if i walked away?
Boy: No
She heard enough and was hurt... She walked away with tears in her eyes
The boy grabbed her arm
Boy: Your not pretty...your beautiful
Boy: I dont want to be with u forever...I need to be with u forever
Boy: I dont like u...I love u
Boy: I wouldn't cry if u walked away......I would die if u walked away.
Boy Whispers: Plz stay with me
Girl: I will...
*Tonight at midnight your true love will realize he or she loves u
*Something good will happen to u at 1-4pm
*Tomorrow it could be anywhere!!!
*Get ready for the shock of your life!
*If u dont post this to 5 other comments... You will have back luck in relationships for the next 10 years everybody des
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I didn't know these were on DA too! XD
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I'm literally just sitting here with my mouth open like an idiot. Wow. This is perfection.
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Eerie and mysterious, and incredibly beautiful!Β
Congrats on the DD
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I am so happy you got a DD on this! 
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I feel like this describes me very well... Somehow. The mood of this is so intense.
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I live it you should right a book! how can I add this to my favrits?
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click, drag, and drop.
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You have such a way with words! This is so powerful! Congrats on the DD!
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Congrats on the Daily Deviations!Β
keep up the spectacular workΒ Β
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Please, let me marry your wording! I fall at your feet in awe, my dear. Stunning. Absolutely stunning.
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oh and sad too...
"I'm the girl who drowns herself in coffee and cough drops"
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"Wasting days wondering why grass is greenΒ
And how it can be greener for others and not I"
Somehow those two lines really hit home with me.Β
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The last line presents a nice emotional counterpoint to the bleakness of the intro. Nice setup.
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Congrats on the Daily Deviation! 
This was a very strong piece. It hit me from the first line of "I am the girl who hides between moth eaten paper backs." I am a reader who doesn't get out much, who's quiet, and who likes to wonder and dream.Β Sometimes, I feel anonymous, too. But then I see the sunny day, and I can find joy. I was left with a sad feeling for your anonymous person; I hope that they can find the joy that they're seeking in their day as well.
I'm sorry if this sounded a little strange. 
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Congratulations on the Daily Deviation
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I am that boy.... beautiful words. I love leather spines in dark, musty second hand book stores:Β I can think of nothing better, its an ambrosial combination.Β
Personally I think this is my favourite daily deviation. With lines like 'polystyrene picket fences' it could be my favourite contemporary poem
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Amazing - the words are well chosen and give me powerful images - I really liked the lines:
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Sticky notes yellowed at the edges reminding myself how to smile
I've pasted them on my skin in makeshift paper Mache armour
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Beautiful! It leaves me wondering whether I should be happy or not now knowing that somewhere a young lady grew up the same way and in the same place I did. That somewhere I've a sister in a way, and I never even knew she was there.
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Congratulations on the lovely Daily Deviation! 
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