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Echidna MAG

October 19, 2013
By CookieMonster24 PLATINUM, Delhi, Other
CookieMonster24 PLATINUM, Delhi, Other
25 articles 2 photos 147 comments

She went out
in my skin –
again.
She slithers in
so shamelessly
between my sheets,
leaving it
in a dirty heap
by the foot
of my bed.


The author's comments:
My soul, my spirit.

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on Mar. 28 2014 at 4:45 pm
KarmaBites GOLD, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
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Wow! How unique! 5/5!

on Nov. 1 2013 at 6:54 am
ElisaTheDuck ELITE, Rigaud, Other
323 articles 5 photos 166 comments

Favorite Quote:
LOOK AT MY PROFILE. DO IT.

Creepy in a good way......well done!

llaacci GOLD said...
on Oct. 24 2013 at 9:21 pm
llaacci GOLD, Brooklyn, New York
13 articles 3 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Shoot for the moon; even if you miss you'll land amongst the stars.

I love how brief and descriptive this is.

on Oct. 24 2013 at 6:55 am
Fallen_ PLATINUM, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
25 articles 3 photos 433 comments

Favorite Quote:
" a shattered world is only an opening into a new beginning with laughs, smiles, and love all around enter the world of the light and away from the broken darkness"

Great job cookie! i like this line " she slithers in so shamelessy" great word choice and imagery. :3 it is errie but only makes it better so good job and congrats chica.

on Oct. 23 2013 at 2:40 pm
CookieMonster24 PLATINUM, Delhi, Other
25 articles 2 photos 147 comments
Thanks so much. :)

Mckay ELITE said...
on Oct. 23 2013 at 2:09 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
—Apple’s “Think Different” commercial, 1997
“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Weihui Zhou

An eerie poem with a contorted but exquisite metaphor. Great title choice. Cookie, congrats on the Editors' Choice.