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She Never Said, "Let Them Eat Cake" MAG
February 18, 2010
She balances diamonds
the size of marbles on
her spider-thin fingers,
rents her neck out to
strings of pearls and
chains of dull gold
and silver, pushing
loose strands back into
her hair which brushes
the tops of the door
frame when she walks,
lifting her skirts to
reveal silken shoes
decorated with rubies,
with a crown dressed
in sapphires upon
her head, all while
her country starves.
© Emily L., Redmond, OR
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This article has 4 comments.
Uglification GOLD said...
on Nov. 2 2010 at 8:36 pm
Of course!
katielynn21 DIAMOND said...
on Oct. 8 2010 at 12:10 pm
This was absolutely briliant. It has such vivid imagery. I love it. Please check out some of my work if you ever have a chance.
NorthernWriter said...
on May. 30 2010 at 1:07 am
oh don't be modest (or a show-off! can't tell!) you did not write this in 5-10 minutes...it's too good to be some scribbled down classroom poem! if it is...wow.
