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My Bare Self MAG

December 3, 2008
By Olivia Correas BRONZE, Greeley, Colorado
Olivia Correas BRONZE, Greeley, Colorado
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humans graze in herds
those poor wretched beasts
blinded by the thickness of their wool
only for me to shave it
so that each one, naked and bare
must suffer the reality
that they are not
what their thick outer layer made them out to be
a new light brings new gain
individuality
14 and young,
14 and my heart has wrinkles
but only
for the foul creatures
have shaved me of my precious fleece
and now I too
stand just as them
and can claim to hold my head no higher
than a swine
who has been penetrated by his own tusk
society poaches the innocent
and we are naked for its profit
Guinea pigs to its downfall
and the failure
of its trials.



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on Jun. 27 2011 at 12:49 am
musiclover71 ELITE, Hutto, Texas
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"Normal is overrated." - Gregory House

wow this is great!

on Jan. 3 2011 at 1:38 pm
SophiaCross SILVER, Plattsburgh, New York
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To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of the life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”

This is really great!

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on Dec. 12 2010 at 8:42 am
Evaine SILVER, Schulkill Haven, Pennsylvania
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live a freak, die a legend

that is awesome! and sad too. wow. keep writing, ur very good. :)