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No Plagiarism!96ihPmLR5DmCdfZAbuGFposted 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 protection635PENANAF95DizV4XD 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection635PENANAyqZWGnKRHa 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection635PENANASpI0XBvlBR 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection635PENANAHVXaivJtjd 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection635PENANAXiDtnwD8pX 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection635PENANALdDt33UEf7 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection635PENANA5QXSeLp3cp 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection635PENANAhfF6xYRALp 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection635PENANA7XYumUJnBk 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection635PENANAjHZtyABzg5 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection635PENANAUiUPHe7frz 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection635PENANAsmdnsP6Yiw 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection635PENANAYucgFehucj 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection635PENANAleHbKNTE0e 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection635PENANAiJErJteImA 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection635PENANAUaQG1pTEsl 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection635PENANAKlr8hWfQZM 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection635PENANAo74aduVrZC 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection635PENANAVZEd5Hddph 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection635PENANANl5y3h3CP4 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection635PENANAiEl8YA2xse 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection635PENANACVnYdktP43 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection635PENANAYlswC65osb 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection635PENANA0GOlgrecIo 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection635PENANAwpvV9RtQlw 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection635PENANAl4PBmYdi7j 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection635PENANA4p5yz1Us67 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection635PENANAsd4dNB24sO 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection635PENANA025tM0UKc2 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection635PENANAY9CoRaCV8y 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection635PENANA7wnNBYc65D 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection635PENANAwf0n4OgpVU 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection635PENANA3IXCLcu5R4 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection635PENANAGwFiRcX5Lm 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection635PENANA4dNBI63Spd 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection635PENANAEPHSgpcoy1 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection635PENANA3Y4GHvCxuY 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection635PENANAgeT4gf1gJF 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection635PENANABrNgYkqgeW 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection635PENANAcCovYAYyQC 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection635PENANAHcYeQEq1XG 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection635PENANA8pxIlAz7Zo 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection635PENANAB5LimaYVYy 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection635PENANAICZkxphjWK 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection635PENANAslMJtGhxBa 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection635PENANAgd5PjVC1NR 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection635PENANAp6py3u5rm7 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection635PENANAmBUqbQ2bYK 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection635PENANApQ7xHAnhAX 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection635PENANAEbhAmkUO5X 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection635PENANAM6gdnca16H 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection635PENANAbgPqZYa7pK 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection635PENANAqvtYC16iKu 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection635PENANAKBIkiRxsls 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection635PENANAcXzSe5tRoM 維尼
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