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Ophelia MAG

June 9, 2017
By NateJones GOLD, Princeton, New Jersey
NateJones GOLD, Princeton, New Jersey
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In your dress
made of
stones
you look up
and smell
stars
while fish
kiss your
back.
So you
float
and dangle
with bubbles
waiting for the
freeze,
waves
curling
in your lungs
melting hours:
this moment,
forever.



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on Sep. 7 2017 at 11:11 pm
biscuitlevitation BRONZE, Washington, District Of Columbia
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Favorite Quote:
"Besides, I can't get to where I want to go by conscious or unconscious suicide. I've got my strange little life to lead. Leading it the best I can -- that's how I buy the ticket to where I want to be." - Forever Odd, by Dean Koontz

gorgeous. a tragic poem for a tragic character.

on Jun. 13 2017 at 4:35 pm
HereSheIs BRONZE, Wellesley, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." -Plato

Love the line breaks and imagery without a trace of cliche