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Death is simple
In allegories and metaphors--
We are stars, then
We fade to nevermore;
But why can't we live
As stellar nebulas,
Infants of l..
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I'm chewing on ice
Because I remember the vices
Of today compared with last night--
Of everyday opposed to those weightless times
When the sky ..
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A Story by Omily
Iremember, I was in child-love with you. It was the kind where a child, on a walk in the city, finds a ragged, scruffy old forgotten bear in a ditc..
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My bondage is untied
And I lay in the spotless sunshine
Of unrestrained heart-
It's a lie- I squeezed lime
Into my eyes.
I deny it
In part, ..
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My smile can be more genuine
If you want.
I can backtrack some steps
If I wind up the clock
Before dawn-
Before I beguiled you
When my cheeks..
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I forget myself
Always
So I shifty glance sideways
To the juxtaposed window
And I always anticipate
A more desirable view
That will be better
T..
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A Story by Omily
This is an essay I wrote for a class last semester.
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Inspired by a sexual history class I'm taking.
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I pledge allegiance to the flag
Of the United States of
Energy and chemistry and
All the life squeezed in between,
Not to an idol or single caus..
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I could have killed you.
I shuddered, skidding to a halt;
I could have killed you,
And it would have been my fault-
Like when a crusader, mista..
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