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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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FlyLikeAnEagle94 PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 15 2010 at 9:24 am
FlyLikeAnEagle94 PLATINUM, Kingston, Pennsylvania
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"I write about me because I know about me," by John Lennon.

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This poem is VERY well written!! I can connect how you felt.
paranomial PLATINUM said...
on Jan. 15 2010 at 9:14 am
paranomial PLATINUM, Hyderabad, Other
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superb poem! gt too much depth to it...n has been presented really well,with the correct words :) keep up the gud work:)all the best!
monkey said...
on Jan. 15 2010 at 7:50 am
i like this poem very unique one of a kind keep up the good work
jnieves45 said...
on Jan. 15 2010 at 7:46 am
this is absolutely beautiful; honestly one of the poems with most emotion around here:)
JackJules SILVER said...
on Jan. 15 2010 at 1:11 am
JackJules SILVER, Los Angeles, California
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Some of the word choice makes the poem incredibly convoluted. Sometimes, the simpler the better!
babe892 GOLD said...
on Jan. 6 2010 at 10:48 pm
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this is really beautiful, so mature and vivid yet still evasive and vague (in a gorgeous way).
montana PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 24 2009 at 10:56 pm
montana PLATINUM, Parker, Colorado
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cliche quotes I have are.....<br /> I know, right? and..... Are you kidding me?

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huh? I do not understand this. Well Merry Christmas.
Katie Mackes BRONZE said...
on Dec. 24 2009 at 7:54 pm
Katie Mackes BRONZE, Lexington, South Carolina
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....wow.

Like, Holy Shnikies, dude, you really....you've really got something inside you.

this is art at is greatest.

thank you for making my day.
The_Number_Five GOLD said...
on Dec. 24 2009 at 7:50 am
The_Number_Five GOLD, Manassas, Virginia
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I love this poem! Can you look at some of my poems and give me advice and stuff on them? Thanks!
Lucrecia SILVER said...
on Dec. 11 2009 at 10:43 pm
Lucrecia SILVER, Phoenix, Arizona
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This is amazing,its really deep and i can relate to the feeling. great job
Cady_ PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 2 2009 at 11:10 pm
Cady_ PLATINUM, Godley, Texas
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So many big words, Lol....it was really good, but kind of hard to understand at first. Nice job.FIVE stars.
.xCutMyLifeIntoPiecesx. PLATINUM said...
on Dec. 2 2009 at 8:08 pm
.xCutMyLifeIntoPiecesx. PLATINUM, Longmont, Colorado
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I really like that I have to read this slowly, multiple times in order to get the full effect of it because it is Just. That. Powerful.
Frye Sauce said...
on Dec. 2 2009 at 7:59 pm
Wow, this is so amazing. I too love the word choice. It really makes me think about what you're trying to say. Way to go! :)
LilBenj SILVER said...
on Dec. 2 2009 at 4:33 pm
LilBenj SILVER, Richfield, Utah
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There is a certain providence in the fall of a sparrow. - Hamlet

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I love the word choice, and I understand what you're saying. It really is beautiful. I just think it's funny how, when people don't understand a poem, they think it's "deep." Your poem is vivid - but it is a new way to say something that's already been said, if you know what I mean.
despurlock DIAMOND said...
on Dec. 2 2009 at 2:59 pm
despurlock DIAMOND, Morgantown, West Virginia
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&quot;The heart has its reasons which reason does not know.&quot; -Pascal, Pensees, 1670

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This is amazing. Simply. Purely. Amazing. Your word choice is so beautiful and vivid. Wow! I am still in awe. Fantastic work!
LOST_LOV3_12 SILVER said...
on Dec. 2 2009 at 2:35 pm
LOST_LOV3_12 SILVER, North Zulch, Texas
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this was really deep....it was really good too. great job
soinlove SILVER said...
on Dec. 2 2009 at 1:58 pm
soinlove SILVER, Parish, New York
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omggggg i love this is soo good this is what i needed to read at this point thank you for wrighting it
Mscaledonia said...
on Dec. 2 2009 at 8:03 am
Mscaledonia, Fukuoka, Other
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i believe that lovers should be tied together<br /> thrown into the ocean in the worst of weather<br /> left there to drown <br /> left there to drown<br /> in their innocence

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I love how you use your "run on sentences" but it still flows really nicely. I love your words. :)

Amazing <3
gabigal SILVER said...
on Nov. 15 2009 at 6:15 pm
gabigal SILVER, Conroe, Texas
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&quot;everything has beauty in it, you just have to see it&quot;

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i love this soooo much!!!! it's awesomeness..love the word usages!!
Hallow SILVER said...
on Nov. 10 2009 at 9:16 pm
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I like a lot of it, but parts of it seem too wordy. That's just a personal thing though. The imagery is astounding.