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No Plagiarism!FdRuzZGao2w1IkUHheR5posted on PENANA A/N: I feel this poem needs a bit of background so I'm going to give my two cents before I start. The message behind "Not a Cinderella Story" was sparked by the first poetry slam I attended (where I was enthralled and cowed by the excellent performances in equal measure). It stems from my feeling of inadequacy afterward. Without further ado...8964 copyright protection644PENANAQIInzm5H89 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection644PENANAosQVichiqq 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection644PENANA93PpYWs68w 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection644PENANA2arwx9zMHH 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection644PENANAcXcofb31TF 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection644PENANAADqMiWX2qz 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection644PENANAUFMvcC6DbQ 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection644PENANAs8JHB7bscK 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection644PENANADVRAdSpQ8j 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection644PENANAqnVyW1KA5u 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection644PENANAjpFSVNTIVm 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection644PENANA5tnMcrspD6 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection644PENANAQLtlYQyL5C 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection644PENANAm9aBxiyqlw 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection644PENANA5LmYXNyYJZ 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection644PENANAACO5xMfQcV 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection644PENANAPqCdrslIcO 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection644PENANA7dHkuyUpJb 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection644PENANAwJT3ByADSE 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection644PENANAXnpTnXeLL5 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection644PENANAOin1rbZYyh 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection644PENANAaWJYMM9UuO 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection644PENANAzTeW4GqvSw 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection644PENANALTMgOBlxxZ 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection644PENANA52D8qtYgAP 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection644PENANAdxF2wAz0A0 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection644PENANAZYtHOcTzhi 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection644PENANAZkJkYXeo3g 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection644PENANAVBjMumWRER 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection644PENANAv0UIW6knKO 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection644PENANAiK8B5qa9Vi 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection644PENANAFOHfdtyIk5 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection644PENANAqxylr7UfiT 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection644PENANAPkv1V6ApHX 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection644PENANAl6LleFWJG8 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection644PENANAvhKf4sPhJL 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection644PENANAblquPz7imQ 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection644PENANAMzTFT6fSYf 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection644PENANAPRddEiJ4wj 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection644PENANAKaSzs1a8ji 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection644PENANA4dbC4JiRI6 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection644PENANAd6kGd2f73m 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection644PENANA7BbDc1AU9r 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection644PENANAuTwXEpcSQ7 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection644PENANAleIv0ylw4z 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection644PENANATogWEGcFvw 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection644PENANAsCErVc144x 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection644PENANAKSvOtny88a 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection644PENANAGpj17dQISm 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection644PENANAro2CsLlpUZ 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection644PENANAiJNaxS8wDt 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection644PENANA4kBeIMwntj 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection644PENANAy6CDSQxELW 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection644PENANAP1muu0rvNJ 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection644PENANAL2x9RQe1Ty 維尼
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