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No Plagiarism!5fVuROb7VGHzmAmrLJ5Uposted 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 protection980PENANAjlYL6hAJwF 維尼
Not a Cinderella Story8964 copyright protection980PENANAuEmprXzzip 維尼
So I’ve never done this before8964 copyright protection980PENANAhui9hISeLD 維尼
and now that I’m here8964 copyright protection980PENANAFudxtQOcEH 維尼
I have nothing to say.8964 copyright protection980PENANATXJZc4n0dp 維尼
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Nothing compared to8964 copyright protection980PENANAY70k45df9E 維尼
poems spun from silver,8964 copyright protection980PENANATSamE3LYjp 維尼
diamond dewdrops8964 copyright protection980PENANAxJFtNtDU3Y 維尼
glistening in morning sunrays8964 copyright protection980PENANAZcf3Zv130M 維尼
set on iridescent spider silk webs.8964 copyright protection980PENANA4kdDpnlys4 維尼
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No. My poem is like a8964 copyright protection980PENANANQGjo6IKqE 維尼
blundering giant.8964 copyright protection980PENANA6grHfgvYS7 維尼
Ground shaking footsteps,8964 copyright protection980PENANAUydDLwbU74 維尼
a trail of broken treetops8964 copyright protection980PENANATmXXQy3zSN 維尼
left in its wake8964 copyright protection980PENANA7SbPhv9sxV 維尼
like twigs underfoot.8964 copyright protection980PENANAEnlBi773nA 維尼
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My words are like leaden letters8964 copyright protection980PENANABNIZ3H1oRW 維尼
falling off leather tongues8964 copyright protection980PENANAR2ReGMa8XZ 維尼
which are nothing like8964 copyright protection980PENANAq9kOlnA7D6 維尼
trilobite fossils,8964 copyright protection980PENANAcbViAPZRe8 維尼
slender filaments of calcified shell8964 copyright protection980PENANAZDbhVSkYQb 維尼
etched into rock forever.8964 copyright protection980PENANA7ESJ2Hc8bw 維尼
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I cannot compare to8964 copyright protection980PENANAKkMGRToj5Q 維尼
finely woven tapestries8964 copyright protection980PENANA3chQcnqgpQ 維尼
with fairy tale images8964 copyright protection980PENANAEmGwUnalux 維尼
that seem to jump off the page.8964 copyright protection980PENANAqmbaIKsnfM 維尼
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So I’m stuck standing in the shadows,8964 copyright protection980PENANALwnEU9wiii 維尼
afraid to be left in the dark8964 copyright protection980PENANAh0ZcAa79A1 維尼
but also afraid to step forward8964 copyright protection980PENANAmUdZMNTsbf 維尼
lest the spotlight focus in,8964 copyright protection980PENANAJtSPPcG8ov 維尼
blinding.8964 copyright protection980PENANAFPdoTCv0rj 維尼
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But sometimes I’m trapped in the spotlight anyway8964 copyright protection980PENANAxiWPRdnzIG 維尼
and Rumpelstiltskin’s name lodges in my throat.8964 copyright protection980PENANASknEIKr1BU 維尼
Awkward syllables scattered across the floor8964 copyright protection980PENANAD7PDw6qpe4 維尼
like bracelet beads,8964 copyright protection980PENANAZnTko34IN9 維尼
no order to shape meaning8964 copyright protection980PENANAKa4nm40GdU 維尼
from random letters in alphabet soup.8964 copyright protection980PENANAL9L0FRKvzS 維尼
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And I’m standing here waiting for8964 copyright protection980PENANAObWsX1VdWf 維尼
Prince Charming to sweep me off my feet8964 copyright protection980PENANAIdFP018s6a 維尼
and save me from my blundering giants,8964 copyright protection980PENANAvuzHALlfdp 維尼
and broken bracelets8964 copyright protection980PENANAqrNGZKUosN 維尼
but this isn’t a fairy tale.8964 copyright protection980PENANAmRUwZXmIvN 維尼
There aren’t any evil step-mothers, glass slippers, or princes.8964 copyright protection980PENANANu0BwK47XU 維尼
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So I’m left to face my dragons alone in their lairs8964 copyright protection980PENANA2UVK4oL8hl 維尼
where gold puddles mix with dragon flame8964 copyright protection980PENANAAJAk9sJMuG 維尼
as my words are torched and set to burn.8964 copyright protection980PENANA0uyEmzsLIm 維尼
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And my own inner demons shutter me8964 copyright protection980PENANAVQVTDeWNws 維尼
into my past like Cinderella’s step-mother locked8964 copyright protection980PENANALjsslMb61u 維尼
her in the attic to silence her.8964 copyright protection980PENANAsQGsjzJuIk 維尼
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I am silenced too8964 copyright protection980PENANAiELhc3aAWp 維尼
because discontent roils in Moby Dick’s stomach.8964 copyright protection980PENANAyjocnX1NZC 維尼
A choppy sea does not lend to smooth sailing.8964 copyright protection980PENANAMpcFjra0Pl 維尼
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And I am lost because I cannot move forward8964 copyright protection980PENANAgSjgBBV79l 維尼
without knowing who I was,8964 copyright protection980PENANAp2edL9eNMn 維尼
and I can’t see the point because I cannot write a poem.8964 copyright protection980PENANAnk7kdwVRwx 維尼
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