Scrape

by libby   Jan 22, 2006


We are thick and
calf-like, compared to the
little girls here, and the
little girls we used to be. They're the
true swans, the cats with their
liquid felinity, the freezing nymphs
who delight in the
chase.

flick glint
flick glint
flick glint
scrape

I wish I had white instead of
brown, but I don't really deserve them.
They just look so
sweet, though, so little, and
I want to be that graceful.

flick glint
flick glint
flick glint
scrape

Cute is a forgotten quality, so we
try for sexy. When it
works, we don't remember
those girls, but when it
fails, that's when we
notice them most.

flick glint
flick glint
flick glint
scrape

I want to be that little girl.
I want to be the swan, the cat, the nymph.
I want the world of white to
swallow me whole, instead of
keeping the bones of my innocence
to pick its teeth.

flick glint
flick glint
flick glint
scrape

Fallen,
but not yet down.

flick glint

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  • 18 years ago

    by Leah20

    I really just don't know what to say. I love your concepts and I love you words and I love your beliefs. I think that we are "growing up" too soon now a days. I see 12 year olds in middle school wearing oodles of make-up, it disgusts me. Im nearly 16, and I still watch Disney movies. We should all watch disney movies, it would make the world a better place. Anyway, I'm ranting, forgive me. Your words are inspiring, thank you.

  • 18 years ago

    by F@n©y Ket©hup

    Your formation,
    Makes it hard, to
    read, and hard to follow.
    If it was done on purpose,
    for a poetic effect, I don't
    think it worked, much in,
    my favours.

    See who hard that was to read like that? It makes everything stop and the thoughts disappeared. I read it a second time without stoping and pausing at the commas and periods, and it was much better.

    ~Atomic

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