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Your Heart Was My Home Until You Handed Me an Eviction Notice MAG

November 15, 2008
By amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
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maybe i know that you'll crave my secure arms someday, but i'll have come across someone who wasn't afraid. and that's why i can't let go.

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I removed the layers of blankets from my aching bones
to excavate the secrets that were held together by saliva
in papier-mâché envelopes, only to chew on disappointments
and lie on shards of fragile stained glass that tampered with my flaws,
instead of putting me back together with multicolored duct tape
so gray was only found inside of my body.

I wrung the tears from your sweatshirt and decided it was time
to give it back to you, in exchange for my serpent heart

[barely beating,

barely breathing];
instead of curling inside your stomach and making you
nearly as ill as I had become, just by drinking venomous nectar
and digesting fireflies so a small portion of me would feel alive,
I climbed over your picket fence and let you recline my eyes
in another awkward position to the point where I only chain-smoked
the main exhibits of your aesthetic proportions and declined
every deficiency of the person you truly are,


i. blunt

© Francesca Y., Robbinsdale, MN

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it was really good :)
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that was so nice kinda what im going through now

can you please take a look at my poetry lol no one does
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I loved it, and your choice of words. Your strong descriptions gave me chills. The title was also pretty sweet. Good job :)
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on Mar. 22 2010 at 1:08 pm
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i agree it was not so good but keep tryin
MissFaber SILVER said...
on Mar. 22 2010 at 12:21 pm
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I LOVED THAT POEM. It's so true how we deny the deficiences of people we love. Love is blind.

commenting and rating my stuff would be greatly appreciated :)
kread18 DIAMOND said...
on Mar. 22 2010 at 9:59 am
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"I only chain-smoked the main exhibits of your aesthetic proportions"... best line ever! :)
how u do said...
on Mar. 22 2010 at 9:21 am
your poem is graceful and beutiful
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on Mar. 22 2010 at 9:14 am
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amanda.bower SILVER said...
on Mar. 1 2010 at 6:38 pm
amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
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maybe i know that you&#039;ll crave my secure arms someday, but i&#039;ll have come across someone who wasn&#039;t afraid. and that&#039;s why i can&#039;t let go.

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aww, thank you so much ! i'm glad i could make somewhat of an impact :)
amanda.bower SILVER said...
on Mar. 1 2010 at 6:37 pm
amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
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maybe i know that you&#039;ll crave my secure arms someday, but i&#039;ll have come across someone who wasn&#039;t afraid. and that&#039;s why i can&#039;t let go.

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thank you ! will do, i appreciate the honesty :)
amanda.bower SILVER said...
on Mar. 1 2010 at 6:36 pm
amanda.bower SILVER, Stacy, Minnesota
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maybe i know that you&#039;ll crave my secure arms someday, but i&#039;ll have come across someone who wasn&#039;t afraid. and that&#039;s why i can&#039;t let go.

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thank you, i definitely will :) if you want, you can check out www.allpoetry. that's where i really started writing.
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on Feb. 28 2010 at 10:02 pm
rebotyler44 BRONZE, Corbett, Oregon
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the title alone is amazing. and the poem is great too. if anyone could check out my poems it'd be greatly appreciated!
holycrackers said...
on Feb. 28 2010 at 6:57 pm
i like it but i think you should keep working on it
besticanbe SILVER said...
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great title, caught my attention.
pandagirl5 said...
on Feb. 28 2010 at 1:56 pm
that's the deepest, most painful poetry ive ever heard. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL! ='D
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Beautiful structure. Keep writing and also check out some of my work please!!
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on Feb. 28 2010 at 1:24 pm
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AWESOMEE I HOPE U CAN CHEK OUT MINNEE :)