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Monday, January 26, 2015

Half Notes



Damaged herself, didn’t she?
Inked lines and broken strings
Tattooed bruises of useless regret
Half-notes in ashes
Makeovers, hangovers caught in the Web
All’s fair in love
Save the girl judged
The inferiority complex,
Sleeping her way to the top
Strumming for the slumming
A porcelain mask for the flash
No shamed red hibiscus
For the coiled proboscis
Butterfly lashes arouse
Inspired herself, didn’t she? 

 Photo prompt from Magpie Tales

11 comments:

  1. I love the rhymes here. The Hibiscus proboscis pair and the strumming slumming gave added strength here.. a lady of talent loosing herself methinks.

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  2. Tattooed bruises of useless regret; half-notes in ashes.

    I loved this phrase in particular - so telling...

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  3. A sharp, innovative response to the prompt...

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  4. Gotta fo with the flow , sister ( moulin rouge)

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  5. I love how you bookended this with the questions.

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  6. Interesting flow of words..a bruised and tattered soul I think.

    Sleeping her way to the top
    Strumming for the slumming

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  7. Interesting take on the prompt...I like how you weaved in some music and flowers along with the damage...

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  8. Ouch. You made me see her, but I wouldn't wanna be her.

    =)

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  9. Oh the regrets of a life than can make poetry. Brilliant write Maria. :-)

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  10. brief brush that becomes a story or a challenge. Enjoyed this.

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