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I've Seen Your Face Before This piece has been published in Teen Ink's monthly print magazine.

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Photo credit: Emily F., Cape Town, South Africa
Faces swirl
fuse
mold
into one
as El trains
whip past.

I’ve Seen Your Face Before
you aren’t that different
At All

Faces recycled

Her:
A Porcelain doll
careful not to
shatter
the glass

Him:
eyes like
coffee truffles
follow mine
down
the escalator

Us:
gawky
sweet smiley silences
cross our faces
spelling out the words
we dare not say to
the other

Cosmic forces made it
this way;
we aren’t the same
simply repeated patterns,
a strand of DNA
dripping with A’s



T’s



C’s


G’s
Cohesive:
our humanity –
a fresh scar
sole tear
lone kiss

but faces
become the same
as El trains
whip past
This piece has been published in Teen Ink's monthly print magazine.This piece has also been published in Teen Ink's monthly print magazine.

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Powd3er said...
Dec. 7, 2009 at 2:53 pm:

This poem has great flow and insight.
I really enjoyed it.
Lovely poem darling =]
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Cady_ said...
Nov. 29, 2009 at 10:22 pm:

I tagged this as a favorite, it is probably the one I would rate to be the best one that touched me, FIVE STARS definately.

 
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Regisky10 said...
Sept. 8, 2009 at 10:33 pm:

This was so deep, it could be shallow. I loved it!

 
Cady_ replied...
Nov. 29, 2009 at 10:23 pm :

I believe it was deep as well, and I think she should keep writting..

 
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KICK3593 said...
Sept. 8, 2009 at 7:54 pm:

Good. At least you insist on something natural and a little more original in human nature.

 
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i<3jesus636 said...
Sept. 8, 2009 at 3:14 pm:

This poem is very deep. I love the flow, the words, the beauty- everything about it. Keep writing!

 
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aspiring.author.09 said...
Sept. 8, 2009 at 8:30 am:

This was very intriguing. I'm not sure I really understand ALL of it, but I do get some of it, and this poem was very good. I'd love to hear more from you, great job!

 
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Desiree R. said...
Sept. 6, 2009 at 9:25 am:

I love this poem.

 
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Yael R. said...
Sept. 3, 2009 at 9:58 pm:

i love the imagery that evokes movement (train/ swirling etc.) you really feel swept up in the poem

 
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bridget :) said...
Aug. 18, 2009 at 10:56 pm:

wow i love dis poem cz like dat happens all da time 2 people like do i kno u and like ya :)

 
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Shanika P. said...
Aug. 8, 2009 at 6:17 pm:

"Cohesive:
our humanity --
a fresh scar
sole tear
lone kiss"

I like that.

 
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Eilina S. said...
Aug. 8, 2009 at 3:40 pm:

Amazingly, this stads out from all the other suff her. Its a whirlwind of ideas that don't stop. This is what freestyle poetry is at a normal level. This is the kind of thing normal people should be writing. It has a vague rythym, and a theme. That's all it needs. Well done!

 
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babe892 said...
Aug. 8, 2009 at 7:20 am:

This was really great- I loved it! What great images to put out there, so vivid, so interesting.

 
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despurlock said...
Aug. 1, 2009 at 5:24 pm:

This is the second time I have read this poem and it becomes better with every reading! Keep up the great work!

 
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LilJ<3 said...
Jul. 31, 2009 at 12:53 am:

this is great. you are really talented.

 
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Alexia B. said...
Jul. 30, 2009 at 5:23 pm:

i love this poem

 
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MorningStar15 said...
Jul. 26, 2009 at 1:02 am:

i have never read anything like it before! it was so original and sweet... i loved it i truely did... thanks for posting it! <3, Kayla P.S. i posted a ton of new work...check it out...please and thank you...

 
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Duckie430 said...
Jul. 24, 2009 at 5:52 pm:

really beautiful. good job.

 
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MszRAiNDROPsz said...
Jul. 24, 2009 at 2:46 am:

deep. i love it.

 
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His-Bright-Green-Eyes... said...
Jul. 23, 2009 at 9:15 pm:

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!! great job!!

 
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samcarter said...
Jul. 22, 2009 at 5:27 pm:

i like this because its so simple but still really deep

 
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Melinda L. said...
Jul. 16, 2009 at 10:46 pm:

Okay, i agree with everyone who commented...that was incredible, amazing, beautiful, wonderful. great job!

 
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Hollywog. said...
Jul. 13, 2009 at 3:57 am:

Incredible!!

 
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Valentina T. said...
Jul. 12, 2009 at 7:05 pm:

wow... that is really amazing

 
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despurlock said...
Jul. 6, 2009 at 2:49 am:

Beautiful!

 
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Schubster said...
Jul. 2, 2009 at 2:08 pm:

wonderful. I loved it.

 
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