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No Plagiarism!pKAc4IskxzS3hm2Jr5ulposted 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 protection1022PENANAL8LbHLHvJ2 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection1022PENANAyQYg3hjHNb 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection1022PENANAi4fcD6Amzz 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection1022PENANAOytUO2aCdt 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection1022PENANApfsLK0hjhB 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection1022PENANAgDm9uIE75j 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection1022PENANAF0saG7XRXq 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection1022PENANAy4L7FePdOh 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection1022PENANAORCB0W3Fte 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection1022PENANAORUusxmPFN 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection1022PENANATtAxR3y0Km 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection1022PENANA9Cnz2zx1Zx 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection1022PENANAQ4oba9skzO 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection1022PENANA0SRbtORhIk 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection1022PENANA79bTsM7xAP 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection1022PENANAJETKVR1n4W 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection1022PENANAMYcbW8RBMs 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection1022PENANAJyMx3uST83 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection1022PENANAO4kooBrxE9 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection1022PENANAO8xYn9U0cp 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection1022PENANAKGQNN2apK1 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection1022PENANALgWHzoaDMm 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection1022PENANAJ7imxMRYMW 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection1022PENANAWIhqtF5jI7 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection1022PENANAsASbiCRmaZ 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection1022PENANAuvn77NVFKo 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection1022PENANAVdNDTJELT2 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection1022PENANAB0mv9SX40A 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection1022PENANA4eVt1CtgZo 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection1022PENANAPye5sFuzm0 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection1022PENANAtsfVuEh301 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection1022PENANACCyyzaxINR 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection1022PENANAgLEqSu1H3d 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection1022PENANAT7a3uaxGwx 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection1022PENANAg8sYF9kqsP 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection1022PENANAx9rMoKTvQ4 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection1022PENANA4awmtAYjGB 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection1022PENANAjNuINxCxsx 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection1022PENANAQDjhYdWfE2 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection1022PENANAkh8dar7Vmy 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection1022PENANAKvWQJZVMWE 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection1022PENANAjlEQXEwXdy 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection1022PENANA0iXHLCgFb7 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection1022PENANA5w8UBbIG5o 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection1022PENANAAjFdpjvfsr 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection1022PENANAxCIaG3MHwm 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection1022PENANA1oZ95DagdL 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection1022PENANABssuUgFail 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection1022PENANA7LntpjOaRV 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection1022PENANAHvedOz7LrL 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection1022PENANAiaay7aS6Tq 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection1022PENANA5r6ABTvY6v 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection1022PENANAd7dlUOzJGL 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection1022PENANAl4Q5ZSnFv5 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection1022PENANAnZ4IMZ5ZcQ 維尼
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