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Tragic Wings

April 22, 2013
By ErinAjello GOLD, Staten Island, New York
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ErinAjello GOLD, Staten Island, New York
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&quot;...I wrote because that was who I was at the core, and if I was too damaged to walk around the block, I was lucky all the same. Once I got to my desk, once I started writing, I still believed anything was possible.&rdquo; <br /> -Alice Hoffman

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Black butterfly
Velvet wings
Crash to the ground
Feel nothing
Numb your heart
Lose everything
Wings fall down
Land in a grave
Black butterfly
No longer anything
The ladybugs cried
And the birds no longer sing
Black butterfly
Left the forest grieving

© Shea K., Milford, CT

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