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ANOUSHE SEIFF: A Little Duck

Poetry, Submissions, Touching, , ,

Little duck,
born a runt, in muck,
wouldn’t last long.
She gave him a cage, gave luck.

He twisted, turned,
head to the sky, bet it burned,
flicked his wings one last time, twitching.
Her tears ran fast; she adjourned.

Death devours.
Painlessness fills eyes
beneath a bed of flowers.

Anoushe Seiff is from Chicago, IL. She writes in her spare time. Anoushe will be attending Drake University in the fall, studying Law/Politics, Psychology, and Arabic. Her hobbies include watching Criminal Minds, playing with her cats, and attending conventions and concerts.

The Ugly Duckling Gets Whats Coming To Him

Amusing, Touching, , ,

Once there was a very ugly duckling. It got a lot of sympathy from people in the park, who thought it was so ugly that it rounded the far end of the spectrum and was somehow cute instead.

So the normal ducklings got jealous and beat the ugly duckling up.