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General Writing. Send in your best work – poems, short stories, essays. (Feel free to do it throughout the year, but this gives you a deadline.)
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sweatshirts

emnoodlehead's picture

i have three sweatshirts on
and the warmth is rushing into my cheeks

i keep getting hotter and
hotter
but taking any layer off right now
doesnt seem possible

each one keeps me warm
and has all winter
but now that the summer air is
moving in I dont know what to do

my wise mother tells me that its okay
to put one away
but she doesnt understand
that really
its not okay
for me
and hasnt been for a while now

eoleames's picture

mmmm...

Submitted by eoleames on May 23, 2008 - 21:38.

i love this.

bluedisch.'s picture

swea-shirs and peoples and

Submitted by bluedisch. on July 13, 2008 - 22:17.

swea-shirs and peoples and metaphors.
faaancy
i like it, even if it's rather obscure and ordinary to the world, and you don't
normally take the
ee cummings style
different
good

btw, hello, i exist
happy summer

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