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ashflee0

Published: Sep 7, 2011

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They don't know me
Why do they care?
Why must they
Just stop and stare?

No, I don't wear
Fancy name-brands
Different, my clothes, my hair
And even my choice of music and bands.

I'm not a clone
I like myself now
And I'm not alone
To you, I will not bow.

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