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because i am broken

October 26, 2010
By ficklefiction SILVER, Elgin, South Carolina
ficklefiction SILVER, Elgin, South Carolina
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I hang below your palms
suspended by the thread coiled
around your finger.

i am closed,
the fat and skin that crowds
the bones of a shell hidden beneath
sticky
sand that clings to bare feet.

i am so easily read
and i am so easily manipulated.
i have watched blooming,
seen the beauty of growth that i
cannot have
or touch,

wondered if i would ever be so lucky.


The author's comments:
this is based off of a writing exercise. i was to doodle (including writing two words) on a sheet of paper and then write a poem based on the doodle. so, this is what i came up with.

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