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August, 2003

So once upon a time
In a land called
Exclusive
A girl was born
Who did not fit.
She tried and tried
But something was always
Wrong
And when she asked how to make it
Right
They told her that she should be dead
And that would make it right
So she
Left
Trying not to look back
Trying not to
Thinking about
Death
But suicide
Was her new best friend
Slyly whispering, why
Live
It was all just a
Lie
And anyway, there was
Karma
To keep her coming back
And she tried, really
Tried
Thought about it
But in the end,
Fear
Of pain, of blood
Won out
And she still lives
Alone,
In her castle,
Not waiting
Not hoping
Not despairing
Just quiet
With the flavor of the
Unexamined
Flavoring her nightmares and
Spiking her
Daydreams with
Worry.
But she goes on.
Things fall apart
Small consolation
When the pieces
Never
Go back together
But
     That's
          Life
The End




© 2003 by the respective poets