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Just Fantasies

July 18, 2014
By BriannaRifkin PLATINUM, Columbia, Maryland
BriannaRifkin PLATINUM, Columbia, Maryland
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It’s hard not to laugh
As I watch her petite
Frame smothered by
The leather
Of the couch
She finds a feather
And tickles her arm
Her hairs stand tall all together
The weather outside is
Ugly.
So she grabs a cassette
And shoves it in the television
Set
She sits and watches
Eyes plastered to the screen
I bet
She has seen this movie more times
Than she can count on her little
Pink fingers.
Yet engagingly she sits.
The droplets
Stick to the window
Slide down little by little
She looks over and tries to count
The drops of water
And decides the amount
Is too high to bother
I bet she has seen this movie
A hundred times:
*A beautiful princess stuck in her castle*
She sinks further into the couch.
*Saved by the prince*
She suffocates.
*Happily ever after*
The rain keeps pouring down the window
She wants to get out
She throws her little arms up
And cries
"Where’s my prince?"
I insist
It’s hard not to laugh
But I resist
Because that was me
But now I know that those movies
Aren’t real
They are just make believe
They are just fantasies.



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on Jul. 23 2014 at 1:30 pm
sherlock221 SILVER, Brandon, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
we are written in light

wow i really like this one

on Jul. 22 2014 at 7:24 pm
nithyaswaminathan BRONZE, Pleasanton, California
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LOVE how you focused on the little girl in order to show the reader another conflicting message. well done!!

on Jul. 22 2014 at 5:38 pm
TheComet PLATINUM, Mostaganem, Other
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret&quot; -Ambrose Bierce<br /> &quot; Be yourself! Everybody else is already taken ;)&quot;<br /> &quot;Don&#039;t go where the path leads you. Go instead where there&#039;s no path and leave a trail ;)&quot;-R.W.Emerson

It's kind of sad at the end but what can we do it's a FACT lol but the poem was great ^_^ so much detail I loved it :)

on Jul. 21 2014 at 11:42 pm
booklover303 SILVER, Morgan Hill,
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;School days are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, with brutal violations of common sense and common decency.&quot; -Henry Louis Mencken

this was really good! I love the focus on the little kid 

on Jul. 21 2014 at 11:25 pm
BriannaRifkin PLATINUM, Columbia, Maryland
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Thank you!!

on Jul. 21 2014 at 11:24 pm
BriannaRifkin PLATINUM, Columbia, Maryland
27 articles 0 photos 12 comments
Thanks so much! Would you mind taking a look at some of my other free-verse pieces??

on Jul. 21 2014 at 11:23 pm
BriannaRifkin PLATINUM, Columbia, Maryland
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Thanks! I'd love if you could check out some of my other free-verse poems!

Charlie Park said...
on Jul. 21 2014 at 10:57 pm
Charlie Park, Ben Lomond, California
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Very lovely

Lildre SILVER said...
on Jul. 21 2014 at 10:09 pm
Lildre SILVER, Leesburg, Georgia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Love makes us liars&quot; ~cassandra Clare<br /> &quot;All the stories are true&quot; ~Hodge

Really a great poem!

on Jul. 21 2014 at 3:15 am
AndreeaLaura BRONZE, Prejmer, Brasov, Other
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Be the change you want to see in the world.&quot; - Mahatma Gandhi

So sweet! I love it! <3