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Polar Opposites

May 7, 2021
By caydensmykowski BRONZE, Wyndmere, North Dakota
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She was the girl who never put her body on display.

Her hair was always put in a loose bun.

Her lips sealed shut.

 

He was the guy who laughed loudly at the front of the class.

His hair fell perfectly on his sculpted face.

His humor being rude and sarcastic.

 

Now, sweetheart this is no love story.

You'd expect them to be polar opposites.

But the fresh cuts on both their wrists forbid me to assume that...

© MacMillan

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Lydiaq ELITE said...
on May. 15 2021 at 2:12 pm
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woah- twist!

hey with 20 votes maybe this will become the new norm for top voted, not something from 2009 that's really irrelevant now.
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