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Melissa Inside Junior Member
since 2008-07-19
Posts 13Baltimore |
streets littered with the foul, covered up by the innocence of the young. the mind of a child not allowing it to see the rotting corpses of America's youth. a mother trying to protect her only daughter from the evil that is forever spreading from city street to city street. the virus leaking from one to another. she tells her "be careful. come home right after school. tell me where you go and when you'll be home." the girl scoffs. "what am I, five? " she defies her mothers orders, but only slightly at first so that the change can go undetected. the change that even she does not know of. the virus is taking hold. old friends introduce her to new friends, some smothered with the stench of rotting corpses. they all have a friend in common. the virus. she grins at the thought of it. a new way to disobey her mother, to push away, to get trapped deeper in the city underground. it entices her, infuses with her mind. over shadows who she is, melting her away from the inside, out. the mother starts to notice the change. how the late nights keep getting later until she just doesn't come home at all. how the back talk keeps getting worse, and the important things keep getting ignored. "things have to change. no more going out." the daughter wont hear it. she hasn't done anything wrong. "stop treating me like a child" she runs, back into the deep dark jungle that has welcomed her so well. the jungle that all sane minds keep away from. hours, days, weeks pass but she doesn't return to the sanctity that she so foolishly tossed aside. shes just another zombie with a soul sold to the dark streets, and a mother left weeping at the loss of her child. |
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Lady Ayla Member
since 2008-07-19
Posts 84WV, United States |
Catie!! This is awesome! It's so vivid and enticing. It's been up for what, three days, and nobody has posted to it? People in Open Poetry post :p don't worry, I will always post for you, my Catie-dearest, and make you smile at my random comments such as "The fleas were gone, and now they are back, doesn't that suck, I hope one isnt on my face" or such. Have a great day! |
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