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The Barista
By AJ_Cooper BRONZE
University Park, Illinois

I walk into the coffee shop. I order my espresso, and sit at the table with my notebook. I watch as she prepares my order. She is a simple barista. Nothing more to me. Nothi...
AJ_Cooper BRONZE, University Park, Illinois
1 article 3 photos 0 comments
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#460942 Poetry
Ashes
By kaylala_22 PLATINUM
Hillsboro, Missouri
kaylala_22 PLATINUM, Hillsboro, Missouri
41 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A beautiful personality shines brighter than any pretty face"

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#460943 Poetry
The Bully
By JessieCox SILVER
Fort Mill, South Carolina
JessieCox SILVER, Fort Mill, South Carolina
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#460944 Poetry
Subject: Sadness
By The_Earl_of_Zerces PLATINUM
Waukesha, Wisconsin
The_Earl_of_Zerces PLATINUM, Waukesha, Wisconsin
36 articles 0 photos 106 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.&quot;<br /> -Sigmund Freud

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#460945 Poetry
Tired of Being Alone
By lydia.w GOLD
Myerstown, Pennsylvania
lydia.w GOLD, Myerstown, Pennsylvania
11 articles 7 photos 20 comments

Favorite Quote:
I was always an unusual girl.<br /> My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean...<br /> And if I said I didn&#039;t plan for it to turn out this way I&#039;d be lying...<br /> Because I was born to be the other woman.<br /> Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.<br /> Who had nothing, who wanted everything, with a fire for every experience and an obsession for freedom that terrified me to the point that I couldn&#039;t even talk about it, and pushed me to a nomadic point of madness that both dazzled and dizzied me.

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#460946 Poetry
Deep.
By MicahMorrison GOLD
Washington, DC, District Of Columbia
MicahMorrison GOLD, Washington, DC, District Of Columbia
17 articles 0 photos 22 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;It&#039;s not too late, it&#039;s never too late&quot; -Three Days Grace

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#460947 Poetry
Melted Ice
By Anonymous
#460948 Poetry
Reject the LIE
By more_weight PLATINUM
Danville, Virginia
more_weight PLATINUM, Danville, Virginia
39 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
Tread softly, for you thread on my dreams.

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#460949 Poetry
I'll Be Your Glue If You'll Be My Duct Tape
By Frog-Prince PLATINUM
Lakeside, California
Frog-Prince PLATINUM, Lakeside, California
33 articles 0 photos 62 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it&quot;

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#460950 Poetry
You Were Never A Friend.
By Anonymous