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The Double Helix Cage MAG

June 23, 2012
By ZgorwitZ BRONZE, Weston, Florida
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I am incarcerated
Even though I am the victim
The perpetrators: thousands upon thousands of nucleotides
The double helix bars, limiting me, bent
But are never broken
Why does he have a taller cage?
Why is her cage thinner?
Each in our own prisons
We are all incarcerated

© Brianna L., Marblehead, MA

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Writergirl009 BRONZE said...
on Feb. 8 2016 at 4:17 pm
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You are such a talented author. What an amazing poem!