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By ClosetPoe BRONZE
Clinton, Connecticut

Everything valuable about me I protect beneath a wooden shell To mature in my gut If I harbor it long enough It will be an intoxicating red Serving, in the very least, To...
ClosetPoe BRONZE, Clinton, Connecticut
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The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes &#039;Awww!&quot;<br /> &mdash; Jack Kerouac


#8242 Poetry
By Anonymous
#8243 Poetry
By kodabeari21 BRONZE
Charlottesville, Virginia
kodabeari21 BRONZE, Charlottesville, Virginia
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#8244 Poetry
By UrbanPoet BRONZE
Lacey, Washington
UrbanPoet BRONZE, Lacey, Washington
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Positivity is greatly overlooked&quot;

#8245 Poetry
By hachoo GOLD
Brooklyn, New York
hachoo GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
16 articles 10 photos 10 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. &rdquo; <br /> ― Markus Zusak

#8246 Poetry
By LestyPatrick PLATINUM
Darlington, South Carolina
LestyPatrick PLATINUM, Darlington, South Carolina
43 articles 5 photos 21 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, in as much as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and very fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterward carefully avoid&quot;John Keats

#8247 Poetry
BrokenWingsofVanityAndWax PLATINUM, Centennial, Colorado
27 articles 0 photos 8 comments

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I&#039;m not too far from you, I can&#039;t wait to see you, again and again. Pick me up to the highest level, and lay me down once. I reach the clouds. I&#039;m not a fiend, just persistent in my being. - Chelsea Grin Don&#039;t Ask Don&#039;t Tell

#8248 Poetry
By SharonC GOLD
Markham, Other
SharonC GOLD, Markham, Other
18 articles 32 photos 8 comments
#8249 Poetry
By Anonymous
#8250 Poetry
By KF7890 GOLD
Hamilton, Other
KF7890 GOLD, Hamilton, Other
13 articles 0 photos 6 comments