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she fell to the earth in a stream of shrapnel
and stardust in holy proportions; born
of silence and unfulfillment, tumulting
through that narrow area between
expectations and reality where
the pink glaze marred her romantic,

(blurry: a photograph held by careless hands;
a memory outdated and forgotten
and beautiful, once, before
the future fell in pace)

she landed with a deafening crack--
ribcage split and spilling secrets,
gasping for air beneath the surface of a pond
so stagnant that even the lilies withered away:
bubbles rose slowly (she began the process
of forgetting to breathe)

and she was not made for
our atmosphere; the air poisoned
her velvet skin and thickened
her blood-- it trickled through her veins
with nothing better to do, stopping short
of her heart (coagulating in her throat,
weighting her words)

evolution in reverse: she became
one of us.
Becoming one with the shadowy corners, sacrificing virtues for a gentle place to sleep.

Read by the super stupendous awe-inspiring *disrhythmic here.
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disrhythmic's avatar
Masterful use of alliteration. :love:

Could I pretty please with sugar on top read this aloud for Elocutionists? :heart: