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No Plagiarism!VqvBfwuiAJNqgcb53kK6posted on PENANA A/N: I feel this poem needs a bit of background so I'm going to give my two cents before I start. The message behind "Not a Cinderella Story" was sparked by the first poetry slam I attended (where I was enthralled and cowed by the excellent performances in equal measure). It stems from my feeling of inadequacy afterward. Without further ado...8964 copyright protection979PENANAy3eZPihlpw 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection979PENANAApWthwF3Pj 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection979PENANAk6Z9WF2Zb8 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection979PENANAExJQc0YpBY 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection979PENANA8FFTIxTZWJ 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection979PENANAAMOOwJEor4 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection979PENANApRELNR4B7k 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection979PENANAH1QHDH7aCQ 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection979PENANApPKY2cm9Tb 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection979PENANArxrRqOUiCZ 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection979PENANAwpRpLfpI37 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection979PENANAaZUWq0H73j 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection979PENANAj12vTkPX6w 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection979PENANAgmWaTwKjTu 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection979PENANAG9VVzcEZSV 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection979PENANA7bXbDUoTJL 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection979PENANAlrNl3GZVay 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection979PENANAQ9tKsAC1Pt 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection979PENANAPVlm9bSqlw 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection979PENANA5TbXAndok3 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection979PENANAeQouJE7GQu 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection979PENANAx4zp2980pP 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection979PENANArVqUQtQzlN 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection979PENANAPZt2GbOtuO 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection979PENANAFfIFLlcjK0 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection979PENANAJ3LwWI9Oc7 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection979PENANAuRAdxgnTyW 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection979PENANAZbFiSuxpsl 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection979PENANAuCaTsXDvmR 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection979PENANA3WM2FCHKm9 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection979PENANAHJqU9cmlmB 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection979PENANAvEibxeVLsN 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection979PENANAIn6H932KgY 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection979PENANANwLJTIvmKU 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection979PENANAowvi66lP8B 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection979PENANAnQuNNymjZc 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection979PENANAtZOwGbqRcu 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection979PENANAyUhjItLDxl 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection979PENANA7s6QEU7cdq 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection979PENANArzyYYJNvjy 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection979PENANA2lus1VbltI 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection979PENANAoXlPEj5JEP 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection979PENANApkvTpQQbSc 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection979PENANAO8mSMgoxTg 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection979PENANAdcg6gWhy3L 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection979PENANAPfauIBg45G 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection979PENANA43TVeF67jp 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection979PENANAhXCSG2YiHq 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection979PENANANQbG0GcRVc 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection979PENANAPQSVLvaNBg 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection979PENANAOuGoLP0cNE 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection979PENANAGDn4MO1zoi 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection979PENANAdWCH8YqrGT 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection979PENANAlIV3YeGclx 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection979PENANAwPInu0GngG 維尼
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