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Heroes and Victims

My words are fill-ins between song titles

Over the Hills and Far Away, Alyssa Lies to her friends, says the bruise is from a game, she was the Hero with all the Courage, her younger brother the victim. Her friends, with their little-kid imagination, ask what it feels like to fly. Her answer is that it feels Much Like Falling, but Better because you're saving someone. That night In The Dark though, she wishes she could be Anywhere But Here, and bring her brother w...

The Victims

We are all victims of war

THE VICTIMS (written at the beginning of the Iraq War) The bombs we drop fall on all of us. The houses that are rubble are my neighbors’ houses and now we live with them in rubble. The boy who lost his arm, the girl who lost her legs, the old man who was shot while walking to the store, the violinist who lost his fingers, the painter who lost her sight. All their blood is our blood. When we invade, we are invaded. The gun...

Thieves' Paradise

This poem is dedicated to the writers who have become victims of plagiarism.

Trolling around story sites Looking to prey on Independent writers. Seeing well-crafted stories posted by The original author. Picking one with a high Number of votes, It gets snatched and Posted in the thief’s Username, passing it off As his or her own. The thief loves those sites. “They’ll never notice,” Says the thief. The authors noticed, Did their research on Plagiarism, Found their stories, Caused a ruckus over The...