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No Plagiarism!OxwuTp5WrJhT5Rz8qTZSposted 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 protection1030PENANAFoAxZpicJi 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection1030PENANAcFYXDIlr9Q 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection1030PENANA3rSy4kIZqr 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection1030PENANAwd5ExmvEP4 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAMML1XqlXBF 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection1030PENANAIqQVahm24S 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection1030PENANASXIc7W6u6Q 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection1030PENANA6fy8JwFF18 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection1030PENANA9C0W2QsO5O 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection1030PENANA8CEw2VmAIr 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection1030PENANAtgJwnRwkoU 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAZzx8oJOQZU 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection1030PENANA4hkyNg9w4P 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection1030PENANAXYFzBPgf7g 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection1030PENANAAiYBMbYlTg 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAX1fdctaFf2 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection1030PENANAlqLpfbjW2X 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection1030PENANAve9CGAVYpB 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection1030PENANApBmnRwkXPn 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection1030PENANA6vtArD3fUh 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection1030PENANA8m2WFpWWqP 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAW1xFJqoKX4 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection1030PENANAqNkkXsOcP2 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection1030PENANAKHvRlxGRuT 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection1030PENANAn4kPf1jqBI 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAmYHpCxmAIK 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection1030PENANADxd8QNRegw 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection1030PENANAVDEc6PyrFi 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection1030PENANAm7nDu7fDvx 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection1030PENANAjFyiOr8vei 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAbVOMcF4pDY 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection1030PENANAyoZTQLB7Pa 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAn4I7G3uwwI 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection1030PENANAgyE4r9XEVu 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection1030PENANAJYYpcTJfp3 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection1030PENANAxvlmZTKxx4 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAnDYbZYuJT0 維尼
.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAaLAuR8ESp7 維尼
And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection1030PENANA1ccd2MKHZh 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection1030PENANAz0YeQkpmI4 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection1030PENANAKyQJeaQPte 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection1030PENANAcyDBNYJ1BY 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAwFZa92Ep47 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAHUZsj5ntKf 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection1030PENANAkyNchjcOH8 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection1030PENANATFef6KYGrv 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAX8aB2OknLv 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection1030PENANAeivNb3pTUS 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection1030PENANA0Jc5N08Fsx 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection1030PENANA34r9OP9NPN 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection1030PENANAvOj8BO4lqM 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection1030PENANA7WSeMY4w5e 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAaN6Hweibg1 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection1030PENANAOEmA4tsIjf 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection1030PENANAMHTMd8ZPof 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection1030PENANAKJwLsaNsDa 維尼
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