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Bailar

April 5, 2014
By angelpeach23 SILVER, Flagstaff, Arizona
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"I think it's fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions- the burning certainty that we're unique geniuses and the constant fear that we're witless frauds who are speeding toward epic failure." -Lynch

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She dances.
Ribbons of a tissue dress
Wiping the floor with cherry red
Mama’s handmade fuego
Stitches of tender passion

“Baila, Baila mijita”
Hips mercilessly tearing through linings
Of buttery guitar strings
And an inky bun to match
Can’t stop- she’s boarding the dream train

She runs head first into
A ferocious junkyard of gray dreams
Where a congregation of menacing mice
Threaten to intrude with tiny bites of failure
Even then, “Si, se puede”

She heeds the sound of fiery salsa
Even when exhaustion hammers
Its desperate nails
And feet lose their direction
This is willpower, this is strength.

© Mary A., Fullerton, CA

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NOIZTHIMS GOLD said...
on Apr. 29 2014 at 7:24 pm
NOIZTHIMS GOLD, South Jordan, Utah
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"If your eyes could speak, what... what would they say?" -Max (from "The Book Thief")

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yes, yes it does
angelpeach23 SILVER said...
on Apr. 29 2014 at 12:12 am
angelpeach23 SILVER, Flagstaff, Arizona
5 articles 0 photos 13 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I think it's fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions- the burning certainty that we're unique geniuses and the constant fear that we're witless frauds who are speeding toward epic failure." -Lynch

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hahaha yeah I'm a girl xD I guess Chace Crawford as my profile picture makes things kind of confusing
NOIZTHIMS GOLD said...
on Apr. 28 2014 at 10:19 pm
NOIZTHIMS GOLD, South Jordan, Utah
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wait, are you a girl, oops, nevermind.
NOIZTHIMS GOLD said...
on Apr. 28 2014 at 10:14 pm
NOIZTHIMS GOLD, South Jordan, Utah
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somebody like them some spanish girls no?
Love2Read72 PLATINUM said...
on Apr. 28 2014 at 8:55 am
Love2Read72 PLATINUM, Kentfield, California
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I like how you included Spanish phrases. I like the first stanza with the description of the dress.