you are like an oversized shirt,
you fit me in all the
wrong ways and
there is no way you can
button straight to fill up
all the holes.
you billow out to trap
all the warmth
on the inside;
it presses like a desertdisease
but you are also
shade -
I feel something when the
rain pelts the outside and
I am clammy on the inside.
fabric is greedy, sipping
sweat to quench itself
and mocking.
you have no tag, you
have no known material, and
you are my new favorite
attire.
~~~
Author notes
I wrote this at school the other day, I just forgot to post. in my bff Ashley's words, 'it's cute.' 
In a list
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of course that's how you're supposed to feel.
Comments
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fit me in all the wrong ways - wow
shade
attire
nice.
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hahaha, you are so amazing, i love this, its brill, i wish i could have written it
lol. hehe. keep it up. take care
Stephanie ♥
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i love the title soooo much, and i just love where you went inside this simile, well done, Cassie, a beautiful poem, i enjoyed this so much
i would take this out:
/and like it,/ -- the reader already knows you are making a comparison, it just seems to hang there, and disrupts the flow. only a suggestion
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Thank you for your critique! Do you think that 'and,' would be better than 'and like it,'?
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i don't think you need and, no, a period, with a line break. the way i see it, the less words the better in a poem. lol.
of course -- do what feels right to you
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You're probably right. Less is more. But I am partial to the word 'and'.
haha,
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lolol...me too.
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Completely genius and cohesive
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More than cute. You fill the commonplace with wonder and mystery, you turn a shirt into a new skin and the way it lays on you reveals the contours of your soul . . . the high and low places of your heart. Simply stunning. You dislodge my jaded old heart and your view of the world is fresh and unique.
Excellent.
Garrison
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it's cute!
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Very original and well done here, loving that last stanza
C
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Wow Cassie, when I saw the title I was not expecting something so....amazing. I love how you wrote it. Keep up the good work!
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It's been a while since I have read your poetry daughter, you still have the touch, Dad
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but it IS cute! wow. what a metaphor :]
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