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No Plagiarism!QCmDxHOXGVk0cD6zW8NRposted 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 protection911PENANA9tbALBmDpK 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection911PENANA7RkImpmr5u 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection911PENANAtgzN5OAeht 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection911PENANAJLe0kmUDfU 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection911PENANAplpIKp7BeM 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection911PENANAHK8HY7tSK2 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection911PENANAOFv9ABBBci 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection911PENANAUbaZMmBqdw 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection911PENANA6F3JmYvcNn 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection911PENANAGCAx36ph4D 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection911PENANA1ZfiYxbGDl 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection911PENANAZiZGpbsEve 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection911PENANA1Wj1p2ASIi 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection911PENANASxDjSLiIXU 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection911PENANA0jnmZo7oyD 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection911PENANAk9ssL7FCX2 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection911PENANAZWMWP5wSVz 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection911PENANAHbZRXvllkj 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection911PENANA0Ik5Bw02QX 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection911PENANALiToFYPQAJ 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection911PENANAIwnE8gm7fy 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection911PENANAtjccqsPtof 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection911PENANAZ2lacVpc8y 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection911PENANAtaftwURjQ2 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection911PENANAXVEOt3qBKi 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection911PENANAylizSMNlEo 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection911PENANASItGg1wWCa 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection911PENANAQtgOSrbgU0 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection911PENANAMxMh0FcOS1 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection911PENANAySf46AI4ZS 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection911PENANAXZvlQpstOT 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection911PENANAcVb4f8DDlT 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection911PENANAfkoDDGQMCI 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection911PENANAZprkhJwiu3 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection911PENANAaNHz6qSDDM 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection911PENANA9OyVqambYX 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection911PENANAONEBr0MFYK 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection911PENANAEiMC1NgIn2 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection911PENANAyTvCcqnm4q 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection911PENANAc1dw4vMNyB 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection911PENANAk7zNA6plCs 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection911PENANAXX6xBaBQX4 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection911PENANAB1sQR8kyje 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection911PENANAP6hIbAWV5u 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection911PENANAwQfdl88DvT 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection911PENANAXbMqaUBp68 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection911PENANAFKTszQOmiM 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection911PENANAHAeL5pLadC 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection911PENANAvPwpdX1D0N 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection911PENANA4xDwHeUEQX 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection911PENANA3TOvyqrSV9 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection911PENANAlBjrM3mE0L 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection911PENANAX0w6PM1xYg 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection911PENANAcj95oqMAye 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection911PENANA6jDbbMCN9Z 維尼
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