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No Plagiarism!6oxeQosZ5DjrS2bMRlSWposted 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 protection638PENANA1jcICkxzgo 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection638PENANASkcxWQP28a 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection638PENANAspNCY23nk1 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection638PENANAtBw5eS7N7D 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection638PENANAkpnL68g3pm 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection638PENANAI5tVYWnM3J 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection638PENANAJGSh6PWH4c 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection638PENANAxzesUWDOzE 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection638PENANAb4PDKtQdd3 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection638PENANAwqybM9dalE 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection638PENANAl3yqkT8nkb 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection638PENANAqTriayJtty 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection638PENANAD0DliEMREK 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection638PENANA7qHVXn0znp 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection638PENANAItpQK7TPO9 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection638PENANASdBfwKRPqV 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection638PENANAEycucflVx1 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection638PENANACKE4jeBHJE 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection638PENANAewzYGNPKga 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection638PENANANrF6YJjwOO 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection638PENANAKNQTEATxq4 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection638PENANACBldUVk73U 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection638PENANAZrgzTvxI2W 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection638PENANAug2gpV2KXF 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection638PENANApPhN62WbAk 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection638PENANAdX9zOga1aM 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection638PENANANNpZhodoLH 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection638PENANArfg32H2o0r 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection638PENANAMibSQJW3L8 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection638PENANAkQXKTyjdeg 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection638PENANAjjxwjVCCta 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection638PENANAlElKv9p4cz 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection638PENANAqJ7R1jRZCd 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection638PENANAsLshZVcHuF 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection638PENANARSfeaA544W 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection638PENANAVWmm2CSwZE 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection638PENANADvDd42zEtU 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection638PENANACcD74Zdz7x 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection638PENANAw9HwAaNm5W 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection638PENANAD7kd3vkYOX 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection638PENANANOnZuQvwJr 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection638PENANAdVhsMdCnyT 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection638PENANA4yLCO5qzD3 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection638PENANA8PxQyDdWUD 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection638PENANARObA9bRN7G 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection638PENANAxNdZI7yuc9 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection638PENANAAokKzxIhAH 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection638PENANAdP9OfpLm3e 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection638PENANAeujeFKamKo 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection638PENANAKonPuNBCRt 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection638PENANAFs8zuvZZNK 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection638PENANAnTWkcBAuXg 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection638PENANAlWOE15x8jR 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection638PENANAp4HDgW0cSJ 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection638PENANAYIyhKMvTqD 維尼
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