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#10991voted by our readers
By Anonymous

I seen the vulture (not the light), passing over me, blotting out the sun, as I lay broken in the ancient pit, whose digin' I was assistin'. I yelled, please d...

#10992 Poetry
By Auttie1997 BRONZE
Hoversville, Pennsylvania
Auttie1997 BRONZE, Hoversville, Pennsylvania
3 articles 3 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The reason people fin it so hard to be happy is because they seen the past better then it was, and the present worse then it is."

#10993 Poetry
Jayway523 BRONZE, Salem, Oregon
3 articles 8 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you"

ericka._.ibarra BRONZE, Malakoff,tx, Texas
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#10995 Poetry
Sunflowergirl GOLD, Mansfield, Texas
18 articles 49 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
“This week I've been reading a lot<br /> and doing little work. That's the way<br /> things ought to be. That's surely the<br /> road to success.” -Anne Frank

#10996 Poetry
By Anonymous
#10997 Poetry
By Aechigo PLATINUM
Boonsboro, Maryland
Aechigo PLATINUM, Boonsboro, Maryland
25 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Sometimes, the only sane thing is to be insane... This is not one of those times.&quot;

#10998 Poetry
By Dance_2_Ur_own_beat BRONZE
Monument, Colorado
Dance_2_Ur_own_beat BRONZE, Monument, Colorado
1 article 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
Judge me all you want, but keep your virdict to yourself.<br /> <br /> Sometimes you just have to smile, <br /> pretend everything&#039;s okay, <br /> hold back the tears and just walk away

#10999 Poetry
By SnowyowlE44 GOLD
West Chester, Ohio
SnowyowlE44 GOLD, West Chester, Ohio
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot; People will believe a lie, either because they want to believe it is true or because they are afraid it might be.&quot;- Wizard&#039;s First Rule

#11000 Poetry
By bekahjoan BRONZE
Harborcreek, Pennsylvania
bekahjoan BRONZE, Harborcreek, Pennsylvania
4 articles 2 photos 9 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Your happiness is not the priority of this universe.&rdquo;<br /> -Leon H. Ben-Ezra