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  The Blacksmith

  

  By laurensoccer, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

  Taps the fingers Of his mechanically Dexterous hand on the table His head turns with a sharp clink Inspiration is What he yearns for He turns Toward the sheets Of metal He lifts his hammer To their Un-luminous Un-lustrous Un- effulgent Exterior The ever Subservient metal Yieldin...
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  In Search of Me

  

  By laurensoccer, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

  My hands grip the tender ridges of the steering wheel Of a car that isn’t mine I lay my head against the stale warmness of the seat And inhale the car’s rigid, evergreen scent That clings to my clothes and swims through my hair I swerve too far at every turn And hug the side farthest from...
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  Jail...

  

  By laurensoccer, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

  I woke up that chilly January morning with a throbbing headache and an overwhelming feeling of nausea. I slowly regained my senses, lifted my head, and called to the air in a scratchy voice full of nothingness, “I think I over slept.” There was no answer. I squeezed my eyes shut, rubbed them wi...
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  Ode to a Lemon

  

  By laurensoccer, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

  It sat there on the table, With its yellow raincoat Tucked around its sour, yellow vest It's an extroverted character Like a sailor proudly flaunting His gold teeth and anchor tattoos, Stiff as a statue, Cunning as a fox, Bitter as the Grinch, It stood there With a smirk plastered to its ...
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  Life...

  

  By laurensoccer, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

  Life My toes touch the water’s edge, My palms sink deep into the coarse sand around me, I inhale the distinct, musty scent That chokes out the stiff, urban air, I watch as the sapphire blue water, Gently kisses the hot, yellow Earth I look out in the distance, Where blue me...