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No Plagiarism!XjRPTJjSoqKyuTtjI1kvposted 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 protection931PENANASLWKoDr4V9 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection931PENANAH0Uplmi7YY 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection931PENANAqNYz7kLmCc 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection931PENANAbjQLqFxg8z 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection931PENANAJNuviAN2lq 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection931PENANAUWhwHdZYvK 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection931PENANAfLs2miGUk2 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection931PENANAdX4fSLbjP4 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection931PENANATp1RzdXLHk 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection931PENANAChlucYWZl1 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection931PENANApMsLqeBIeU 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection931PENANAdZvNCWacSw 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection931PENANAxhfAuHJS37 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection931PENANAHO1g3SJixw 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection931PENANAwQKKEnoafB 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection931PENANA7mMbb8F1AQ 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection931PENANAJlEhEyyaAC 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection931PENANATF6kQ9i2QV 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection931PENANAlmW5UvY8PY 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection931PENANAcqVZr4tCnl 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection931PENANAInoXQLeuPq 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection931PENANA1Mc7PSE1L7 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection931PENANAfqUMHpwxmr 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection931PENANAppFGmzRY1C 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection931PENANATk3kgdTvHz 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection931PENANAsCZL7816l5 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection931PENANA93ZMcBpP2S 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection931PENANAXtqY0VqmzK 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection931PENANAqcQmHeVlsy 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection931PENANADe123NyS7F 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection931PENANACI2F5LMaV2 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection931PENANAMPRcS7yEfA 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection931PENANAEDwdeQ90tN 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection931PENANAkkEQbB75xr 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection931PENANArVB4Xui41V 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection931PENANAb3ILzKEBsw 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection931PENANASuOF7GAyTV 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection931PENANAEHP4sKaHqF 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection931PENANAcRhZIsxu7u 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection931PENANAoqHWy8BNKT 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection931PENANAKhkupvSmBp 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection931PENANAO0alLRGiUn 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection931PENANAZM8Art0cmO 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection931PENANA2quKlGNn1g 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection931PENANAqpEsFHOLyT 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection931PENANAJEOKYYB2tn 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection931PENANAmG6bule4q0 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection931PENANAcktiM2uyAp 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection931PENANA8PnWQS9kRl 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection931PENANAdI4iBWmvlE 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection931PENANAvS6YbWxuS3 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection931PENANAf5z2SUGch6 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection931PENANAAgXsvUCRsG 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection931PENANAc6mobjB1wL 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection931PENANAisr628VnI1 維尼
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