burning in effigy
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since: 09-09-05, id: 493652, Profile Updated: 05-21-11
country: USA
Author has written 92 stories for Life, General, Love, Nature, Haiku, Family, Friendship, General, Romance, and Biography.

before: on my way out / the asylum / don't give me absolution

alternate account: falling short of infinity

05/21/2011: it's been a nice run, fp and friends, but it's time to officially move on.

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oneshots can be found by: ctrl+f "oneshot"
my personal fav. works: madeline, jaundice, acid, casper, asher and sage, photographer, lust, apple spice
c2: list of my favorite poems


1. Colours reviews
let's call this my formal goodbye.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 246 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 5-21-11
2. Fairy Tale Ending reviews
It's all he ever wanted.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 216 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-19-09 - Complete
3. Betrayal reviews
the weight of my tongue has never felt heavier as i lie through my teeth and wade through the thickness of your honesty.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 213 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-14-09 - Complete
4. lost cause reviews
and i wonder if my guardian angel has started to give up on me.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-15-09 - Complete
5. Perfection reviews
is unattainable.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 206 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 7-22-09 - Complete
6. My Heart reviews
- "Because sacrifice is what you do for the one you love." experimentation
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 168 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-21-09 - Complete
7. syntax reviews
rambling jumble of words fixed into a pattern that we've created
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 204 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-9-09 - Complete
8. mother's always right
it's easier to fake innocence than it is to destroy it
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 177 - Published: 7-5-09 - Complete
9. apple spice reviews
no one wants to die alone.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 434 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-16-09 - Complete
10. Gradient » reviews
change over time; from old to recently-aged poems
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 5 - Words: 987 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 3-29-09 - Published: 6-18-08
11. Zebra Girl reviews
always falling prey to the cheetah boy
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 158 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 3-20-09 - Complete
12. His Name Is reviews
it's all about physics
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 157 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-17-09 - Complete
13. Whorette reviews
the vultures are feasting tonight. experimental
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 263 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 2-14-09 - Complete
14. The Weeping reviews
what pocahontas never knew
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 11 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 1-31-09 - Complete
15. Lust reviews
they believe magnificence lies among those who cannot scream. warning: about necrophilia
Poetry: General - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 173 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 1-27-09 - Complete
16. Thin Walls
I hate loud noises.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 34 - Published: 1-24-09 - Complete
17. Mannequin reviews
sometimes plastic and sometimes stretch canvas, but the end result is always the same
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 9 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-18-09 - Complete
18. Jaundice reviews
She is the sickness... she just doesn't know it yet.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 184 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-31-08 - Complete
19. Nihilism reviews
our pitiful existence means nothing
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 305 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 12-27-08 - Complete
20. Straitjacket reviews
He never recovered.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 161 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-6-08 - Complete
21. Ornithology reviews
She's ready to fly in for the kill.
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 148 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 11-26-08 - Complete
22. Elemental reviews
One day, she's going to be the shoulder we all lean on.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 159 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 11-1-08 - Complete
23. Blind reviews
thick rimmed glasses and designer frames; nothing could help her then, and they certainly can't help her now: she's in too deep.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 148 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-27-08 - Complete
24. Acid reviews
one day, she's going to choke and no one's going to be around to help
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 152 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 9-15-08 - Complete
25. Fool reviews
he thought she was his, but in truth, he was her fool
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 231 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-20-08 - Complete
26. Green and Red reviews
biology mixed with everyday life. welcome to my world.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 185 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 7-19-08 - Complete
27. Numb reviews
I hate life and its reality checks, especially when life kicks you in the stomach, knocking the breath out of you. And sometimes, life keeps kicking, until you go numb and can't breathe. And the best part is? There's nothing you can do about it. oneshot.
Fiction: Biography - Rated: K+ - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,443 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 6-21-08 - Complete
28. The Static reviews
The silence crackles as she crawls and burrows her way into us.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 81 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 6-13-08 - Complete
29. Photographer reviews
his world is one of layered pictures and cigarettes because secretly, he's afraid of life
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 285 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 4-12-08 - Complete
30. Alligator reviews
my own fault.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 26 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 2-23-08 - Complete
31. Birthday reviews
just look under all the layers of frosting and balloons [tanka]
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 92 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 2-2-08 - Complete
32. Asher and Sage » reviews
they call it suicide but he calls it murder. "she was going to be my drug induced ecstasy." -experimentation-
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 6 - Words: 1,445 - Reviews: 39 - Updated: 1-21-08 - Published: 10-28-07 - Complete
33. Trash reviews
inspired by yellow grass and a snickers wrapper
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 10-13-07 - Complete
34. Soulless reviews
she's a [wannabe] star but she knows she's become a wasteland inside
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 393 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 10-11-07 - Complete
35. Madeline reviews
you'd never recognize her as the little doll you left behind
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 128 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 10-1-07 - Complete
36. used up reviews
i would cry at night and he would sit there watching me, knowing he was the one at fault
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 156 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 9-27-07 - Complete
37. Transition reviews
from playing with barbie dolls to lying with the pros and finally moving on to penning your suicide note in red ink
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 205 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 8-3-07 - Complete
38. Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire reviews
I glanced at him and his were eyes wide and imploring, like a little kid, and I just wanted to melt. [oneshot]
Fiction: Romance - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 858 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 4-14-07 - Complete
39. Forgotten reviews
she was living in ignorant bliss but someone needed to wake her up from her nightmare: also known as romeo
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 48 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 4-8-07 - Complete
40. Confusion reviews
sometimes confusion is a girl's only friend.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 4-4-07 - Complete
41. Second Hand Smoke reviews
he had a black heart but she kept on blowing second hand smoke into his face & they were perfect for each other. even if they didn't know it.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 94 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 3-31-07 - Complete
42. Never Mine reviews
he will never be mine because he is just too perfect
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 131 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 2-23-07 - Complete
43. Childhood reviews
some childhood memories never fade
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 2-17-07 - Complete
44. Desert reviews
we bled each other dry.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 25 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 1-31-07 - Complete
45. Soul Mates reviews
we are the same person in two different bodies
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: T - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 145 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 1-14-07 - Complete
46. Cheap Angel reviews
she's running and running but she knows she can never get away
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 115 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 1-6-07 - Complete
47. It's No Longer Funny reviews
not funny, not funny at all.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 41 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 12-27-06 - Complete
48. Twisted Love reviews
Hot, twisted love... but it's still love, all the same. Oneshot.
Fiction: Romance - Rated: T - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 775 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 11-19-06 - Complete
49. Butterflies reviews
she's trying to rub him away
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 128 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 10-21-06 - Complete
50. My CinderElla reviews
the real story, and it doesn't exactly have a fairy tale ending. tanka.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 23 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 9-16-06 - Complete
51. Razor reviews
we were meant to be together. for ever and ever.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 38 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 9-10-06 - Complete
52. Infection reviews
you're like a disease, spreading rapidly inside of me... but of course, you always manage to kill the host
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 185 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 8-20-06 - Complete
53. Scissors reviews
i'm going to cut away all the pain now, okay?
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 211 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 8-5-06 - Complete
54. Loneliness reviews
we usually know when we've been abandoned. my piano knows, too.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 8-2-06 - Complete
55. Cut Me Up reviews
you know i will do anything for you, darling.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 90 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 7-31-06 - Complete
56. Bleeding reviews
the beautiful darkness will always bleed for you...
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 269 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 7-5-06 - Complete
57. Your Heart reviews
I want you to scream for me like I screamed for you... made up of four haikus
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: T - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 70 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 6-22-06 - Complete
58. Oxidized Love reviews
time is running out... why aren't you here to save me?
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 148 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 6-18-06 - Complete
59. Shooting Star Wishes reviews
The stupid star won't work.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 50 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 6-16-06 - Complete
60. Heartbeat reviews
It's our song, dear. It's also the end. The finale. The death. And most definitely not the beginning of the end.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 144 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 6-15-06 - Complete
61. Darkness reviews
I can't see anything... won't you come and help me?
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 41 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 6-11-06 - Complete
62. My King reviews
He was afraid to be broken, so he decided to break me.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 84 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 6-9-06 - Complete
63. Red Balloons reviews
my inspiration left me all alone and scared... don't you hate it when that happens?
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 15 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 6-4-06 - Complete
64. Kitty reviews
such a sweet kitty cat and a such a pretty flower. what a beautiful match
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 179 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-3-06 - Complete
65. Life reviews
Let your imagination wander. Random little thing about life... sort of. Odd little poem. Not my favorite, but enjoy anyways...
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 81 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 5-30-06 - Complete
66. Stars and Ice Cream reviews
He was mystery. I was confused. Apart, we were viewed as strange, but together, we were perfection. oneshot.
Fiction: General - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 342 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 5-27-06 - Complete
67. Bittersweetness reviews
Newton and apples equals a poem on life that I just had to write... lovely regret.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 139 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 5-27-06 - Complete
68. Casper reviews
Imaginary friends don't have to be kind. It's not part of the job description. About a twisted friend... oddly some what personal.
Poetry: Friendship - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 597 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 5-20-06 - Complete
69. Mommy Dearest reviews
My mommy... I'd do anything for her. And I mean anything. Warning: by no means is this supposed to be a happy Mother's Day poem.
Poetry: Family - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 96 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 5-19-06 - Complete
70. Sadist reviews
Oh my, you like the pain, don't you? Once upon a time, a boy and a girl both loved pain. It was like a drug to them. And you know what certain drugs do to you in the long run... they kill you. Who ever thought it would end this way?
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 182 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 5-16-06 - Complete
71. Cotton Candy reviews
my child of innocence... made up of three haikus.
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 52 - Reviews: 22 - Published: 5-13-06 - Complete
72. Entwined reviews
fingers entwined... don't let me go, ok?
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 17 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 5-11-06 - Complete
73. My Deck of Cards reviews
Sometimes, the simplest of things can be more than meets the eye.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 138 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 5-11-06 - Complete
74. You Are My Ragdoll reviews
sealing friendship with a doll
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 18 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 5-6-06 - Complete
75. Don't You Dare Break Me reviews
I told her. I told her not to break me. I told her that I was fragile... but did she listen? No, she didn't, so she got what she deserved.
Poetry: Love - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 287 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 5-5-06 - Complete
76. Hide and Seek reviews
I will find you in the end...
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 28 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 4-29-06 - Complete
77. The River reviews
...
Poetry: Haiku - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 16 - Reviews: 18 - Published: 4-29-06 - Complete
78. Cheap Perfume reviews
I can't believe she never stopped to think about us when she was planning to leave.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 114 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 4-29-06 - Complete
79. Winter Wonderland reviews
snow can kill...
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 48 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 4-23-06 - Complete
80. Classic reviews
classical music started it all
Poetry: General - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 92 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-23-06 - Complete
81. Licking Her, Licking Him reviews
They say that curiousity killed the cat. She's no cat, but I can assure you... she's quite dead.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 146 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 4-23-06 - Complete
82. Run Away Season reviews
being a season can be hard, so one of them decided to take the easy way out and run away.
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 45 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-22-06 - Complete
83. A Dog's Kiss reviews
a big, wet kiss from a dog made everything better
Poetry: Life - Rated: K - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 225 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-15-06 - Complete
84. If You're Happy reviews
a simple song... a simple death. quite random.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 76 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4-15-06 - Complete
85. Tickling Me reviews
death by tickling...
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 84 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 4-15-06 - Complete
86. Occupant in Room 127 » reviews
About a friend of mine who was depressed and now she's stopped eating. But now she's in the hospital... and these are my confused thoughts.
Poetry: Life - Rated: T - English - Tragedy/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 918 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 4-10-06 - Published: 4-9-06 - Complete
87. RedOrange Dance reviews
The way I see fire...
Poetry: Nature - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 205 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 4-9-06 - Complete
88. My Elephant Myth reviews
Ballerinas and elephants. Mix it all up, and this is what you get.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Fantasy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 51 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-9-06 - Complete
89. Heart of Glass reviews
Humans are fragile. Everyone knows that, and yet she still wanted to break him.
Poetry: Love - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 72 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 4-8-06 - Complete
90. Enslaved reviews
Just something that popped into my head during English class... a little random... but it's about Life, in a sense.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 49 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 4-8-06 - Complete
91. Fluffy Blue Crocodiles reviews
Your questions. My answers, my secrets. Shh... don't tell.
Poetry: General - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 213 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 4-2-06 - Complete
92. Take Off reviews
Life as I see it: my plane ride.
Poetry: Life - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 166 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 4-2-06 - Complete
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