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No Plagiarism!zmhGCuSnn04Aqp0Wgbczposted 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 protection507PENANAtjM1Qudjtu 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection507PENANAsgXOrJfzVn 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection507PENANATVvHtoONR9 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection507PENANAGjmxo3a6HL 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection507PENANA2akxpcmpvL 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection507PENANASxkqRnYSte 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection507PENANAKu4LL4Jt17 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection507PENANAB9afLOFyQG 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection507PENANAVBoxLZwnOI 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection507PENANAkkAEMMmVoy 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection507PENANAzaVEzfKFWu 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection507PENANA83tJvwVqWP 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection507PENANADbiM8pE41z 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection507PENANAsma1IyasY7 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection507PENANA9074QjxcWA 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection507PENANAa2eVNyfCQH 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection507PENANA9NuFcb9VSQ 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection507PENANAOY6JRVhwCq 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection507PENANAf4kadsnu4e 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection507PENANAIrM9I280GD 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection507PENANAc7vkRqXfUL 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection507PENANAvuNADnQ5kD 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection507PENANAarDJ2nNhtP 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection507PENANAnmaBFvTYrl 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection507PENANATZROGVYcP1 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection507PENANA10j59vLC42 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection507PENANAIxDKGNjItj 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection507PENANAI7RM0lbvIc 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection507PENANAe1TA958JiA 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection507PENANA8ZKvfBTB8h 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection507PENANADwfo86wOTI 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection507PENANAI6zUbklyh3 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection507PENANA6D3vSZpVFt 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection507PENANAyreWpsExtr 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection507PENANAaMQU2DcGKt 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection507PENANAAyTQKn4vCm 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection507PENANAJMaffg7eTH 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection507PENANAvQgCvT2F3k 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection507PENANAH4gn8Fif9P 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection507PENANA6mwO8yZTMa 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection507PENANA9qFeVsU0J5 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection507PENANAwPcyJjf2zk 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection507PENANA3zKYVhwZoF 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection507PENANAPabk0lNnKF 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection507PENANAA95IAX85pj 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection507PENANAqeEKnoouMp 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection507PENANAfcSZOwqrhk 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection507PENANAb2gUM0qd4J 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection507PENANAFMMQjBv7BH 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection507PENANAb6eOdrgUQi 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection507PENANApf3tB76nuf 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection507PENANAWTyA6Awlk4 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection507PENANAuNClKEfQFg 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection507PENANATYs8KYuoCf 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection507PENANAY9wAOZksPw 維尼
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