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HollyHeroin
Koryn Conley
United States, Oregon., Portland

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The grey area.

Black ink
White paper
Keep my wrist wrapped
With black hemp
Keep my nose jammed
With white powder
Search my plum tree
For the perfect blossom
Count the rose quartz beads
On my necklace
Attempt to breathe in an entire cigarette
In one drag
Attempt not to puke
Check all reflective surfaces
Mirror
Window
Window
Window
Mirror
Window
Bad bleach job
And curves in all the wrong places
Light candles
And dip my fingers in the wax
Watch shitty horror movies
And write shitty poetry
Do anything to help
The time slip by.

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MsWizard Comment by: MsWizard Online- 2008-04-17 09:57
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Bleak and visual....I like it!
HollyHeroin Comment by: HollyHeroin - 2008-03-29 23:15
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Actually that's not a bad idea. I got annoyed with all the I's when I was writing it but I never came up with the obvious of dropping them. Thanks.
nadinesellers Comment by: nadinesellers Online- 2008-03-29 22:15
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for experimental effect i (I) would remove all the (I) in this piece.
it is so well placed, you need not do anything, just try it, it sang well this way to me in dark tones.
"and curves in wrong places" to balance "check all reflective surfaces"
your writing is pure, sure, strong.
misplacedmind Comment by: misplacedmind - 2008-03-28 05:36
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deep and dark emotional poetry .just the way i like it .
clever wordplay
Fireballems Comment by: Fireballems - 2008-03-22 07:06
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very good emotionally. as always, i just say add punctuation.

//I search my plum tree
For the perfect blossom

this image hints at something more in your writing, a more imagist style that i think you should look into, not that your current style is bad (it's fantastic and you're very good at it) but diversity is always good.
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