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No Plagiarism!UtZAOb3XToyt6u7cdos7posted 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 protection674PENANArxax0Q4XFj 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection674PENANAlHMCfKZ3Sx 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection674PENANA6mjYFOh3vX 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection674PENANAx6ZQPeZvK7 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection674PENANAWty1MdIfZ9 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection674PENANANXS7PdCRDQ 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection674PENANAQVwYmzB3pk 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection674PENANANtbh6N6C0s 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection674PENANA8rK6FYaEew 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection674PENANAWUyROq63Hp 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection674PENANA0piLYFOANc 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection674PENANAX3fPOlEpok 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection674PENANAx7rnDHr4cz 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection674PENANAqhhYW8HIA0 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection674PENANAMJkJuQaPZh 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection674PENANAlarmvjbWiq 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection674PENANAYuRLvSLbDz 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection674PENANAG3w5tKOM0v 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection674PENANAMTHvQ4IGpB 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection674PENANAzaacgb08Md 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection674PENANAlVoOep3EzH 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection674PENANAjCizRATqfp 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection674PENANAzvEkBMBtvZ 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection674PENANAUvkfhLXzft 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection674PENANAv0bRl593jX 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection674PENANACOJj5lnsFm 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection674PENANAnHln21h3Xn 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection674PENANAiU9LKqiwDC 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection674PENANAHgMOmzhOU8 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection674PENANAdL8h3TjJLr 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection674PENANAsp9Om7lwIU 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection674PENANArxpoavPo1P 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection674PENANAasknKdi02G 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection674PENANAIH9H1hH4Mq 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection674PENANAAuFhdsUTRZ 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection674PENANAq984evUm9f 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection674PENANAnlDrWV8nDu 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection674PENANAOZroaPHJRd 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection674PENANAZS4LHrc6aO 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection674PENANAVpwCsLm5R8 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection674PENANA6POt39AMJu 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection674PENANATni6iHZ4bl 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection674PENANAJag5iRKfJx 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection674PENANAR0UHwXiyHE 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection674PENANA2RO3CBTy2M 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection674PENANAcCL0TbrwRk 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection674PENANAiIleRsAa3i 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection674PENANA8hlkT3xalN 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection674PENANAFmUq0n5Fgt 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection674PENANA5BpUTSngTM 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection674PENANATuE7mKbNp3 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection674PENANAHMHH85oDEF 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection674PENANAgKjdvHVxY6 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection674PENANASvnxMmlnrz 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection674PENANAY0HmwZpn0v 維尼
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