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No Plagiarism!rl4P2pzVqrrafcvS1OQcposted on PENANA A/N: I feel this poem needs a bit of background so I'm going to give my two cents before I start. The message behind "Not a Cinderella Story" was sparked by the first poetry slam I attended (where I was enthralled and cowed by the excellent performances in equal measure). It stems from my feeling of inadequacy afterward. Without further ado...8964 copyright protection912PENANAp39aaboAYO 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection912PENANAoWVZSy0Khu 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection912PENANAZ9T7KVxT2e 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection912PENANAgqjLH9m7GB 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection912PENANALtemHbgjPr 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection912PENANA6PnvWgaNVO 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection912PENANA6yZ5qVF0hH 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection912PENANAdQVfefh78P 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection912PENANAbf0ARYIgMM 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection912PENANAmGDtORH4ao 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection912PENANA8aOXzSZqRd 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection912PENANApstyodv32p 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection912PENANAZZliX4w4RT 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection912PENANAeO69brhn8R 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection912PENANAJt3TC41PoT 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection912PENANAIn9ssVUNnd 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection912PENANAY6ss2RDBcJ 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection912PENANAzlGjw6GiKu 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection912PENANARgAwZfOfQi 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection912PENANAonDV72gyxY 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection912PENANAW06087jmpj 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection912PENANA7yXkYx8NaM 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection912PENANAzkvJ4fZY2g 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection912PENANAwsd1ijV0SK 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection912PENANAIUC9zgHAAC 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection912PENANAggf46SO6Ei 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection912PENANAj9uuESzSwe 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection912PENANADanyrxArIv 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection912PENANAkEw09myNZX 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection912PENANA3Al5SH2PiY 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection912PENANA1PJmE7fphb 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection912PENANAEkd3aNZJVz 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection912PENANA3WbW5jqCQR 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection912PENANAxLhUguVJEy 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection912PENANAHlVytHbTV7 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection912PENANATLfJEDt0mf 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection912PENANADMJ5Xk9sV2 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection912PENANAWI74EULGdc 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection912PENANAtuKNDIgLMT 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection912PENANA3il0V520uf 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection912PENANAAemvTtRIMj 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection912PENANA8rmgUPrKuc 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection912PENANAz78SBSNuMd 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection912PENANAjV7doHgq28 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection912PENANAXIGsJRAInQ 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection912PENANA9QtlaLW585 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection912PENANAVaaPg4TRBd 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection912PENANARrqqRyopQL 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection912PENANA1AqsoB0T0o 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection912PENANAwHLTSHmXAb 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection912PENANA2REhMvmgZa 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection912PENANAMNzJCpgyLu 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection912PENANALxM4F7eV96 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection912PENANAK5psGZCWS9 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection912PENANAKU0xCJeFxC 維尼
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