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I have a long time aversion to the closet and that whole system of hanging up clothes, I really do not know who first came up with the idea, but I do not find it in the least bit an improvement. For me it just makes things all the more time consuming and inconvenient than they need to be.

Every time I have to put my clothes away, it is always a big hassle that takes up way more of my time than I think needs to be dedicated to that particular activity. I have always have trouble with ...

This poem was originally posted in the Picture Poetry Contest.

Will you continue to look at me, please?
Fair skin, dark hair, black circles, white sclera:
You're a pose of contrasts. Metallic blue
Feathers reflected under mascara.

They airbrushed you. Can't you see? No face is
That white, that unblemished, that de-veined.
You're a Wal-Mart shrimp frozen from the farm.
Bloodless and raised in a seine to be seined.
...

Just to clarify, in this case, the first person narrative does not mean the poem is about me personally, but I wanted to capture the experience all too familiar for many other.

Don't Throw Us Away

I begged you to stay
but you said you could no longer live this way
hiding the truth night and day
please don't walk away
how you act as if this was all just a play
but you know you will never be happy doing what others say
is you ...

That will be my eternal excuse for not frequenting here anymore. Please don't hate me. Anywho, so i might as well tell you WHAT has been stealing me away from this delightful sight.
1)I must be honest. Facebook.
2) But before you condemn me as a traitor let me also inform you of other things i've. Last night i finish sewing a dress for my friend for the formal she's attending. Ha, but i'm not that unselfish. I'm entering a contest. Grand prize is $50,000. nice, eh?
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prepare yourself I'm about to rant a bit (I should be studying so this won't be that long).

People keep talking about Facebook and myspace and twitter and sites like that and I even see this problem on some sites where I can't get to the information I am looking for because you need to be registered to facebook. here on the ice people were giving news about the death of someone before family had been contacted people were trying to get money from the insurance company but were discovered ...