Enfant de Boheme



another mask-
that's all they want
another pretty little tattooed love thing
another burlesque queen
with flawless features
slip on a wig
become someone new
in stockings with back-seams
and pink-glitter-beaded-panties

I AM NOT WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR

i am a riot waiting to happen
scarred arms and hard hearts
freckled
and laced with the taste of venom
i am a disillusioned child of revolution
forgotten by fame and fate alike
i don't like your music
or your art
i don't strip-
i just naturally come this way
and no-
i won't wear your mask
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AXXXXXXXX X BXXXBXXXXXXA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 519
Words 96
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 9, 1, 12

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21-year-old model, writer, and gypsy. Based in Ohio, but never in one place for long. A lover of words and images, a collector of thoughts and ideas. more…

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