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Your Heart Was My Home Until You Handed Me an Eviction Notice MAG

November 15, 2008
By amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
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maybe i know that you'll crave my secure arms someday, but i'll have come across someone who wasn't afraid. and that's why i can't let go.

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I removed the layers of blankets from my aching bones
to excavate the secrets that were held together by saliva
in papier-mâché envelopes, only to chew on disappointments
and lie on shards of fragile stained glass that tampered with my flaws,
instead of putting me back together with multicolored duct tape
so gray was only found inside of my body.

I wrung the tears from your sweatshirt and decided it was time
to give it back to you, in exchange for my serpent heart

[barely beating,

barely breathing];
instead of curling inside your stomach and making you
nearly as ill as I had become, just by drinking venomous nectar
and digesting fireflies so a small portion of me would feel alive,
I climbed over your picket fence and let you recline my eyes
in another awkward position to the point where I only chain-smoked
the main exhibits of your aesthetic proportions and declined
every deficiency of the person you truly are,


i. blunt

© Francesca Y., Robbinsdale, MN

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krissynicole BRONZE said...
on Sep. 14 2010 at 3:14 pm
krissynicole BRONZE, Brownwood, Texas
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Dream as youll live forever live as if youll die tomorrow

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you are a very good writer i love this poem it is very good and shows emotion so well that i can feel it while im reading it
WickedPrincess said...
on Sep. 14 2010 at 9:42 am
It's beautiful. You could really understand your pain here, I also loved your play on words.
yungdai said...
on Sep. 14 2010 at 7:37 am
What i liked about this poem was that it had some kinda flow to it, to where i could really relate to it, i never been able to connect to a poem like i've did with this one. Great Job. I Loved It
Abandoned BRONZE said...
on Aug. 23 2010 at 9:14 pm
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Wait...I wanted to see the rest. It's so amazingly perfect I adore it!
Bubblez123 said...
on Aug. 23 2010 at 8:23 pm
Wow... This is so deep and sad. Only someone who is truely gifted could write something so moving.
maggiebar1 GOLD said...
on Aug. 23 2010 at 7:07 pm
maggiebar1 GOLD, Valparaiso, Indiana
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its like i could barely take a breath while i read this by just imagining saying it out loud. i loved how the words all ran together but everything was still so organized... very good
SuicidalDreamer.. PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 23 2010 at 10:54 am
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I love this poem...You are VERY talented....You truly have a gift and  the way you exspress your emotions its just outstanding....I will be lookin for some more poems by you! GREAT WORK!
SuicidalDreamer.. PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 23 2010 at 10:50 am
SuicidalDreamer.. PLATINUM, Marshall, Illinois
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wow ok....demetria...You need to just grow up....So what someone didnt get it perfect....I bet you dont spell everything perfect all the time or say something it was meant to come out all the time ither....so until you can PROVE that you are perfect stop judgin others.
Nicole93 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 20 2010 at 8:48 pm
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maybe, you feel this way because youve never experienced it.. have you ever truly felt this? when you do your thoughts and emotions are scattered out and you feel so many different things at one time. so the poem would make sense to describe the feeling. poetry is escape of emotions and doesnt need a plot. its not a story to have one, its an emotion. so stop being so harsh
Nicole93 PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 20 2010 at 8:45 pm
Nicole93 PLATINUM, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
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Oh my gosh I love this! Ive felt this way so many times, and you really thought outside of the box for this. I like how it jumps around because thats how the mood of this poem is, you feel so many things when you go through this. awesome job:)
J-blotting-ink SILVER said...
on Aug. 13 2010 at 10:40 am
J-blotting-ink SILVER, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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This is art, pure and simple. I'm impressed.
despurlock DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 1 2010 at 9:23 pm
despurlock DIAMOND, Morgantown, West Virginia
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"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Pascal, Pensees, 1670

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P.S. The title is just BRILLIANT!!!
despurlock DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 1 2010 at 9:23 pm
despurlock DIAMOND, Morgantown, West Virginia
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5 stars! I love the vocabulary, the structure, the interupter! Great work and congrats on the publish-ment (if that's even a word)! :) Keep up the great work!
ThisGirlRightHere said...
on Aug. 1 2010 at 6:45 pm
I love this. It is so beautiful.
OfficialApprover PLATINUM said...
on Aug. 1 2010 at 5:46 pm
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Of course:D
MercedesXO DIAMOND said...
on Aug. 1 2010 at 5:38 pm
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sure:) check out mine too?
WaterWatcher SILVER said...
on Aug. 1 2010 at 4:27 pm
WaterWatcher SILVER, Houston, Texas
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you're an awesome writter so never give up on it
Marlyre PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 29 2010 at 6:28 pm
Marlyre PLATINUM, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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i really liked the suggestive twang within your diction, check out some of mine?
bbygurl21 PLATINUM said...
on Jul. 11 2010 at 1:39 pm
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ya i am sorry engilsh is not my first lang
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this was VERY good. (: keep writing!