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for Claire (for the record)
ElegantWaste

she walks in
 1
in her black dickies and her hair dye
 2
and everybody turns to see
 3
or maybe,
 4
he says,
 5
that everyone was only me
 6

1 Mar 05

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Groovy.
 — FangzOfFire

Interesting!?
 — orange

interesting, but its a little confusing, i had to read it a couple of times to understand it, and im not sure if I still even know what your talking about. I do like the last line though.
 — SweetxMemory

I get it.
 — unknown

~I love the title, but maybe that's only because MY name is Claire. .hmmm!?~
-mywrdsrmyair-
 — unknown

this is  about a girl who i absolutely fell in love with in sophomore year. the he in it is a friend of mine who reminded me that beauty is in the eye of the beholder
 — ElegantWaste

yeah, thanks jon...
 — unknown

HUH?
yea, whatever flots your boat buddy
 — unknown

is it really that difficult to get?
 — unknown

i dont get it
 — unknown

Like it.  Would like it better without line 5, then you could also delete "that" from line 6.  

And do you need "her" in line 2?
 — housepoppy

awesome, i love line6. i also agree with housepoppy. (aren't girls named Claire awesome? =)
 — coldromantic

yes!
 — ElegantWaste

Make L3 and L6 tie in....not everybody vs. everyone

You might word L 1&2 different to get rid of the redundant 'in's

I like this.  It's my new project, to write more deliberately.  Good Job!
 — themolly

Sorry!

One more thing...

The title is reaching.  I would rather it seem like you're addressing her.  For example, "to Claire, for the record" or maybe "for Claire, on the record".  I don't know, man.  I just hate repetitive insignificance.
 — themolly

Ahaha, I officially love coldromantic who is right when they say that every girl named Claire is awesome (including me, claire :-P) I still love this poem, and agree w/housepoppy when he says L6 is best w/out that.
 — MywrdsRmyAiR

It was too predictable
 — septem

little note:  Dickies is a brand name (which is what i think you meant) and dickies are a piece of clothing to wear with low cut shirts (my mom used to wear them).
 — honeypot

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