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No Plagiarism!Rk2PtM93WFVUJlVZTH2tposted 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 protection733PENANAoP8ZUNK4at 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection733PENANAfAXFv4JZ58 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection733PENANA8RwbXkBfW3 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection733PENANAooNPtvg2rz 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection733PENANARyGKrookve 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection733PENANASAmaBxsn8g 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection733PENANAK7D4mF0aFC 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection733PENANACAmLOa81O6 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection733PENANAEZ5UyY0AV1 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection733PENANAakbQ84C9sl 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection733PENANAQ0MZqWa2mu 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection733PENANAuHUrSWY19f 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection733PENANA0OCOEbYfVe 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection733PENANA8sD4skhkSh 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection733PENANA5pe2yI3TXE 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection733PENANAFYj4KxX1O5 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection733PENANAIRgBoEQ5WA 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection733PENANAUKLpIDEISa 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection733PENANAkIoMXa20hr 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection733PENANAvtRtfuECGM 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection733PENANAOS6IAE5xYF 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection733PENANArwkoFtqLXj 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection733PENANAhhkMbQc3Mm 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection733PENANAUmYwYxZegy 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection733PENANAV9VLBw8rji 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection733PENANAhRkVEAWt74 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection733PENANAR0XefhxEGU 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection733PENANAZUGLYZ4zN7 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection733PENANAhc1Pb6HehT 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection733PENANAjDAhkg26Mk 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection733PENANAbagu1EYSwj 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection733PENANAYjeKw8Cwfe 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection733PENANAE5c4By6ObU 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection733PENANAetKIa5ONyp 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection733PENANAGNDlyMFpJy 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection733PENANAZl3tNd4nek 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection733PENANAiilv708OuL 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection733PENANAmjXJBI4B0J 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection733PENANAhpAcAZzzAs 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection733PENANA6FpjiW9kfD 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection733PENANAyBZnzQqWmg 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection733PENANAPpOhUAKmhn 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection733PENANA7t5TDN6zLa 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection733PENANA41U6k32iMV 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection733PENANAnisgbKwL5l 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection733PENANAtp2bJ9kZVj 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection733PENANAH4jY6LUWax 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection733PENANANDBIEds7Pn 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection733PENANAxBWwtlWKAj 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection733PENANAXcxTSgBoh8 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection733PENANAfseZo08FnG 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection733PENANABZIHScGqVU 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection733PENANAZHAKhz1UMp 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection733PENANAi5DZPMJM0x 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection733PENANAzjHnPFGe2b 維尼
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