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I wasn’t manufactured: MAG

By Anonymous

a doll for you to hold and bring home,
only to find myself broken, forgotten in the corner of your attic,
wishing you’d remember what I can’t let myself forget ...
that I need to be the one to build the bridge,
or I’ll never get over it, over you - you’re over me,
I’m your unfinished game of Monopoly
abandoned on the living room floor.
Had you not left me here, you wouldn’t be
tripping over me, wondering
if you should have taken the time to
put me away properly,
or if it would have been easier had you
just kept playing with me.


© Anonymous

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Poetgirl1 PLATINUM said...
on May. 9 2018 at 8:09 am
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This is really good. I'm glad I took the time to read this poem. This is amazing and I can relate on many levels. Keep writing and never stop. You have amazing talent.
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I like it! Keep writing.
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this is really good. to me it feels like it has a double meaning. one-the doll and two- a realshionship gone wrong.
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Amazing. I can relate. I love the flow, not in ryme but in truth and feeling.
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I really like this one... it explains a lot about how i feel sometimes... Good job...
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THis is like a music box in its sonic dissonance.
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this is the first time anyone has been able to sum up my feelings into a poem. your analogies are perfect and the piece is just great. adding it to favorites :)
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that is really good :)

a lot of teenagers can relate to it too

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Wow that was really sad and exactly how I fell right now. great poem. <3