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No Plagiarism!QjhRJxxn3hRKAn7rEgbVposted 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 protection1011PENANAz55Kh3LvQd 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection1011PENANAeiifnkYRgF 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection1011PENANA3Y5X5uSjB4 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection1011PENANAxT56myToFd 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection1011PENANA9anM4r1rFC 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection1011PENANADLU0b5wQ3w 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection1011PENANAOpFzVGrVU7 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection1011PENANA9uf3lyHMzj 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection1011PENANAuqBK5P0bDt 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection1011PENANAcc2rSCPhoM 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection1011PENANAIr53ZO49qB 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection1011PENANA5RcJiQTfuo 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection1011PENANAxvwI8aPcTD 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection1011PENANAJ0vX3IA416 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection1011PENANAIvJVnCTTgK 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection1011PENANAHdAvddIWk8 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection1011PENANAjfIt59bqDt 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection1011PENANAxcb3gHayyO 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection1011PENANAHEQFrn0rnr 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection1011PENANAhT3Zx1armh 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection1011PENANALSle1jEKAP 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection1011PENANA5U2NrLQmaO 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection1011PENANAQsvcBGtQtt 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection1011PENANAYUqhbrHTNV 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection1011PENANAWVF96vW7fD 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection1011PENANABHbq6xWytV 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection1011PENANAz15FpMSda1 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection1011PENANAhueoiW88Gt 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection1011PENANACplTOX3YSL 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection1011PENANApJon6GvHWo 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection1011PENANAiPm2RrGUv5 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection1011PENANAvwbnUhuU4e 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection1011PENANAj4njvDPRek 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection1011PENANAKnRGNrKCtg 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection1011PENANAJnSeCYboCk 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection1011PENANAele1qqMPz6 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection1011PENANArWwqpMQLz5 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection1011PENANAJDH3Ka3YH2 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection1011PENANA4BCfHjW1tF 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection1011PENANAXdGdqbgf9o 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection1011PENANACCTFNtQzrR 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection1011PENANAWLiQGARidq 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection1011PENANALzkF8SoxSb 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection1011PENANAA3eKzHDWcc 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection1011PENANAAZYdhrBw3g 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection1011PENANAZO6VhLaMR6 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection1011PENANA7mVcWesWDH 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection1011PENANAORQ4byckqh 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection1011PENANAtZi6EKVX4E 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection1011PENANA2omJkHU8xA 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection1011PENANAdcRnH26vDd 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection1011PENANAUfgBb35ahd 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection1011PENANAiK4SjoUMaI 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection1011PENANABDrnoa1lPW 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection1011PENANAndkTL3qpj7 維尼
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