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Prose Challenge of the Week #49 : Use this sentence to inspire your piece of poetry or prose: "We are all broken." The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100 and will be placed first on our Spotlight page and the runner-up will receive 1000 coins. When sharing to social media, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge #getlit #itslit
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Pieces

Comminuted fractures

From head to toe

Side to side

Nationwide epidemic

Disconnected with internet access

America in a little black dress

No longer the damsel in distress

Courtesy of the forgotten

Emerging from the shadows

With a ballot

Imploring for Justice

But no sound from the mallet

Also deaf and dumb

Blindness, a pre-existing condition

The fragmentation is too severe

Rivals and bandages

Will not adhere

A billionaire whispers

To the shadow

And the map

Turned red with anger

Then turned to a stranger

And with a tear

In her eye

The shadow asked

"Can you make me great again?"