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11/17/2017 10:40:23 AM Pailey Gordon Posts: 2	You left me there Alone For my heart to tear On my own I shouldn’t have shown How hurt I was But the smell of your cologne Was still so fixed into my mind, Entwined within every cell of my body Because I thought nobody could come between us Until that girl you brought to bed Who looked good at a club walked in She probably had a cute curl in her hair That dangled perfectly down her slim shoulders And a pearl That made her eyes look calm like the deepest oceans But that shouldn’t have mattered Because if you loved me You wouldn’t left me as shattered as glass, Into little pieces And now whenever someone tries to put me together They will hurt themselves Cutting themselves on my razor edges Most will give up at this point But the ones who stay They will not find all of them Because there are too many pieces to repair All because of a stupid affair
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11/21/2017 12:09:10 PM Stephen Wilson-Floyd Posts: 49	This poem, in my opinion, is stronger when it is specific. There is a caution in writing to "show not tell". Let the reader take the journey with you. I like the pearl and the curl of the other woman's hair. The razor image, doesn't work much for me. True, it is an image, but again it is generalizing. I would explain less. The topic is brave for the speaker. But you are up to it! Best wishes.
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