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June 26, 2014
By Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
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Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

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&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

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You’re the scum on the pond surface,
behind my house,
that absorbs the sun’s radiance without allowing
the water to glitter
also

and you’re the concealer I dab under my eyes
that covers up the puffy ridges
made by tear
tracks,
dried and salty
like the promises you meant to keep

the taste of them
pinches my lips together in disgust,
yet shuts my eyes to
leave me

wanting.

© Elly M., Freeport, IL

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Jade.I.Am ELITE said...
on Mar. 15 2015 at 1:35 am
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

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Thank you! I don't deserve the compliment at all, but I am glad that some people like reading my writing. It means the world
Jade.I.Am ELITE said...
on Mar. 15 2015 at 1:34 am
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

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laksdjf j thank you so much!
Jade.I.Am ELITE said...
on Mar. 15 2015 at 1:33 am
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

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NO, YOU>>>>
Jade.I.Am ELITE said...
on Mar. 15 2015 at 1:32 am
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

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Thanks! You da best
Contemplator SILVER said...
on Mar. 11 2015 at 9:29 am
Contemplator SILVER, Lake Park, Minnesota
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There is a rainbow in your mouth! Open it up and show the world. <br /> This is just like ice cream without the cream. <br /> I&#039;m as stiff as a dried out twig in the middle of winter. <br /> Who lit the forest fire; the match, or the man holding the match?

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Hey! Interesting poem. And congrats.
Beila BRONZE said...
on Mar. 4 2015 at 11:00 pm
Beila BRONZE, Palo Alto, California
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I love this. The images you evoke and the way you break your lines to set the tone create this unmistakable feeling of simply majestic writing. I don't know; that's the word that comes to mind. After reading this poem, I cannot wait to see what else you have written. It's left me... wanting... to read more! :)
Ray--yo PLATINUM said...
on Mar. 3 2015 at 9:00 am
Ray--yo PLATINUM, Kathmandu, Other
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God Makes No Mistakes. (Gaga?)<br /> &quot;I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.&quot; -Liesel Meminger via Markus Zusac, &quot;The Book Thief&quot;

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Usually I don't understand poems from the TI elite group (you know, the utterly talented and successful type, hope you don't mind). But this makes sense to me, (and does so much more that I don't know how to describe) as do other poems from you. Thank you so very much, Jade. And I have a feeling this one is going to rule the front page this month like 'Snow Globe' did in the last. Congratulations!
TargonTheDragon GOLD said...
on Feb. 24 2015 at 10:54 pm
TargonTheDragon GOLD, Ofallon, Missouri
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First dentistry was painless.<br /> Then bicycles were chainless,<br /> Carriages were horseless,<br /> And many laws enforceless.<br /> <br /> Next cookery was fireless,<br /> Telegraphy was wireless,<br /> Cigars were nicotineless,<br /> And coffee caffeineless.<br /> <br /> Soon oranges were seedless,<br /> The putting green was weedless,<br /> The college boy was hatless,<br /> The proper diet fatless.<br /> <br /> New motor roads are dustless,<br /> The latest steel is rustless,<br /> Our tennis courts are sodless,<br /> Our new religion &mdash; godless.

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YOU. YOU YOU YOU YOU>>>>>>>.
Jade.I.Am ELITE said...
on Jul. 5 2014 at 7:13 pm
Jade.I.Am ELITE, Fishers, Indiana
214 articles 14 photos 1159 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If you&#039;re losing your soul and you know it, then you&#039;ve still got a soul left to lose&rdquo; <br /> ― Charles Bukowski

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Can't thank you enough! I always look up to your criticism, moe XD
Mckay ELITE said...
on Jul. 4 2014 at 1:21 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

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Garrrrrggggghhh. It's every time I open an email alert from TI, it's you! And the best part is it's you with an Editors' Choice. I'm enraptured with your poetry. And so happy your poetry is being loved more and more each time. I <3 the emotion—the longing, the sass, hate, and remores (did I spell that correctly? or is it remorse? whatever.). The imagery dappled with your emotion and amazing metaphors is (*******) marvelous. ^j^