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June 11, 2014
By OliviaShipstead BRONZE, El Cajon, California
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I don't do well with poetry.
I don't do well with rhyming.
I come up with stupid words that don't fit like bigotry.
I regret the words I come up with, like what rhymes with rhyming?
Poultry.
Slime.
Hosiery.
Wait, what do you mean this doesn't have to rhyme?

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. said...
on Jun. 18 2014 at 1:35 am
Made me smile. Love your style c: