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No Plagiarism!MTNLOjWJHnX1UqH02RDbposted 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 protection948PENANAwj7TukGiZ2 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection948PENANA0H2ayql4US 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection948PENANAKQexVNGc3h 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection948PENANAy2pWvIYIU5 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection948PENANAJNQ8p3MTWj 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection948PENANA1eMCxap8oS 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection948PENANAcgvp7iNPa7 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection948PENANAhd9xsDdocw 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection948PENANArVTUV3CDD1 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection948PENANAaWfCoTbJfc 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection948PENANAuh2nJDkK2x 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection948PENANA8VOdmS9HNj 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection948PENANAsxclCmYFii 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection948PENANAQqjf5JmL8F 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection948PENANAULB2BqGsni 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection948PENANAbJSYZghvpt 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection948PENANA0RvaFgfXqr 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection948PENANAM3Q1zb0Dj1 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection948PENANAGPcJLhqtWY 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection948PENANAUtCD0sEAvd 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection948PENANA5gIxFZWZgV 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection948PENANAHVCdZ4PJHZ 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection948PENANACPOT7ysBjb 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection948PENANAW9v7rcWR5I 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection948PENANArmCBssyN3Q 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection948PENANAvgxX3XebJ7 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection948PENANA2L8t91m3nL 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection948PENANADmdXAGR0t4 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection948PENANAmsNtZixq1B 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection948PENANA8yg0HsqA8G 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection948PENANAVdHqNlL3m0 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection948PENANAoQPTBHQx9u 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection948PENANAnLVL0K6xxy 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection948PENANAjx3hKbaayc 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection948PENANA99YTvUYEkn 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection948PENANAjGLKiJISLd 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection948PENANAHIzBSf1VNH 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection948PENANALnL68S7PzN 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection948PENANAL2RzT0nr30 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection948PENANAqsxbv8j79Y 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection948PENANAQ28wQN6gQC 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection948PENANAcYC9WGJLUA 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection948PENANAe56paIQIz9 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection948PENANAFrFEny39Ls 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection948PENANAvWrb6kD2XC 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection948PENANAxW1KWuGh4U 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection948PENANAXXIzTS6fsE 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection948PENANAkCQXMwPTve 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection948PENANAAVOZUFiKYn 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection948PENANAo7m0VNtEi7 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection948PENANAKsWNUu3VTc 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection948PENANAZwU0wDlMwh 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection948PENANAIWBnYzIkDB 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection948PENANAJIRVFNoO2o 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection948PENANAq2atJ4CL7M 維尼
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