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Society killed the teenager

December 1, 2011
By Gracious PLATINUM, Go Away, Kansas
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;life sucks and then you die, yeah, i should be so lucky&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -Jacob, Twilight<br /> <br /> I&rsquo;m still that girl who falls when she runs, Getting back up, because falling is fun.

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Corporate giants
Teen defiance
Crude perfection, they deface

Hopeless causes
faulty clauses
fighting uphill, in an endless chase

Hitting walls
Faces fall
Slowly drifting

Through


Empty



Space.

© Emilie E., Tecumseh, OK

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