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No Plagiarism!sDWPFjz5kk3Wn8TVjI3aposted 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 protection636PENANAaiCiBguN5C 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection636PENANAtdI7Zxs9ZY 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection636PENANACJAVPq204F 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection636PENANAfeDIRKY5WK 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection636PENANAg77fIEDD2g 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection636PENANAiiZmVOQ50p 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection636PENANAwwHaD7yCOl 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection636PENANA9MYKqXoKrV 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection636PENANAE8o0mmV25j 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection636PENANASCVWq5CC4Y 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection636PENANAvC2n5Xo5HU 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection636PENANA3wsdRYs9hV 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection636PENANAO9LL7XRnl6 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection636PENANAKEitbck9tp 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection636PENANA9Gs58DYZZW 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection636PENANAD5BGYIEbZQ 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection636PENANADygPiMH9W0 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection636PENANANP8vNAzOAp 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection636PENANAweL3jc5I4V 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection636PENANAoep0CeHKKu 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection636PENANAN6GTnsHmYF 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection636PENANAMcyJrFaoED 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection636PENANAvIuTlRCXhZ 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection636PENANAOjpX5ZXc81 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection636PENANA9rPIMyZ34k 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection636PENANAITOnX6dn5f 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection636PENANAdgtyeUfZTT 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection636PENANAhEZHmqmttk 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection636PENANAe1WrhoMftf 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection636PENANAg9otg8XhPu 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection636PENANA2rRqpRjacg 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection636PENANAfT2EJh3BRt 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection636PENANAvMmYzSkw1D 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection636PENANALdlXtaKAYj 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection636PENANApumOmOBZG5 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection636PENANAF7QyjULqlx 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection636PENANAZBv38s6KFi 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection636PENANAJyMpo3dQ9u 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection636PENANAK8Lmu7Unla 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection636PENANAK79lKGjNoe 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection636PENANAT82d9WYzTZ 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection636PENANArVHEi6nIfc 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection636PENANAiIVJxjfIhl 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection636PENANAMdPQ2csC9H 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection636PENANAg0RUtzTD4U 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection636PENANA0ymqrXGVeY 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection636PENANAKBStSgLsiA 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection636PENANAjSZE14PPgJ 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection636PENANAFppYFxLe52 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection636PENANAXV9AWNeS7u 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection636PENANAKIxjoXpvkE 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection636PENANA8VdIO5PoXb 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection636PENANA6A1DzwJLwM 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection636PENANA2fPhqMq45L 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection636PENANA31UerhgzWy 維尼
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