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No Plagiarism!ulVoU2ZNQ8oUvrY0wBxTposted 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 protection950PENANArgPHh7cu65 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection950PENANA5Wg8txxV71 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection950PENANAmhKml6hBID 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection950PENANAq9lCTNJKqo 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection950PENANArlapeq11vE 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection950PENANAj7imZt3BZn 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection950PENANAaqSWwwh3QY 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection950PENANAuV5Z7o2G8P 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection950PENANASmkv0WD5zt 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection950PENANAf0hyeAsGjz 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection950PENANA5iXwWv3EJl 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection950PENANAPdhtwGhnUd 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection950PENANA9vVNxFsa7X 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection950PENANAUSERVpu8JM 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection950PENANAYZHN4R1yLl 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection950PENANACywdSPg1cF 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection950PENANAGoZ9lbX5ll 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection950PENANA5tZWu8PIsA 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection950PENANAlUaCfO03JI 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection950PENANA3tJtFZdTiJ 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection950PENANAhMhrnmajnd 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection950PENANAvqyXJchUyh 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection950PENANAfwRupcdkro 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection950PENANAygZAmu7oCg 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection950PENANAyGbtSZU5aj 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection950PENANAgroweiSvzj 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection950PENANAd4ok6CZEAj 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection950PENANAd39HMq5ArR 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection950PENANALOlqgba2fD 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection950PENANAx2MPZO9Ufc 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection950PENANANQH0E846vG 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection950PENANAufhD6Ozquv 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection950PENANAqgpDX5x6Ql 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection950PENANAIFWSZnf70n 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection950PENANA8GHaSo6hS4 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection950PENANAgcu90X7pSf 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection950PENANAZS5JymjJdc 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection950PENANAvLBBBDD4Rn 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection950PENANAlDKbbAl1S7 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection950PENANAYNr6lsTly2 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection950PENANAU6kQCCpkIO 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection950PENANALWYP3kqlYm 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection950PENANAsroAe1t8Fh 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection950PENANA4C5HyblBjw 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection950PENANARNi9XrjpDL 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection950PENANAb8qVjmSKnm 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection950PENANAT61U0MvrZK 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection950PENANAqcVL3siT0Q 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection950PENANAZfwTVmGHls 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection950PENANApRYViDvB2p 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection950PENANABKtrbVYpxt 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection950PENANAUwhCR6HQhd 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection950PENANAsUMXAH07do 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection950PENANAtp2YamqmsG 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection950PENANA8c7b899VgT 維尼
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