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Her Knees

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Her knees
They've got bruises on them
Her knees
are like lost puppies
her knees have got nicks and bruises in all the wrong places, her knees work for minimum wage. They've got scrapes all over them, they're like ashtrays they're like, an umbrella loaded with holes. Like a seashell | that no one's got time to listen to

And her knees can tell time. Her knees are like long lists are like long lists of history, accomplishments her knees shout out at the tops of their lungs, "We love life!"

Her knees are like crazy drunk parties her knees are like laughing 'till you cry her knees are mistakes, brought back to life and painting pictures and telling jokes and giving hugs and rolling on the floor laughing her knees

They've got bruises on them...

Her knees aren't hiding, her knees aren't crying her knees aren't ashamed but they think they are ugly | they think they are ugly they don't think they are special.

But her knees
Her knees are like stories and and her knees can tell stories, "this is the time I was chasing the bus" "this is the time I fell over in drama class" "this is the time I crashed into a door" "this is the time I couldn't stop laughing"

Her knees are like accidental sunshine or a cat with a stubby tail
Her knees are like smiles with dimples or like Ghandi with psoriasis like a child in the rain or like dandelions. A loooot of dandelions.

And her knees can smiiile
like a knock-knock joke after a car crash
like a hot pink welfare check
like a child with flowers growing out of her wounds
like a rainbow,, after the drive-by shooting
like a one-night stand on September the eleventh
like a self-portrait, by a smoker... smiling
And Her knees
Her knees | Her kneesherkneesherkneesherkneesherkneesherkneesherkneesherknees...
are beautiful
Everyone who knows me well enough IRL knows this poem.
Srsly.

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Kaedrys's avatar
Very descriptive, I like the passion!