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Roaches

February 3, 2013
By AlyssaCo SILVER, Clive, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for?" -Franz Kafka

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Insanity tugs on my arm
with fear on its other side
multiplying down the infinite line
like roaches

Crawling closer to me
as the crazy holds my arm
squeezing harder
and deeper
until it’s indented in my skin

© Ariana R., New Orleans, LA

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