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she sold seashellsfrancesca sits at the sill with swarthy legs dangling seaward. their holiday home cliffs off to the heaving ocean and together they sigh in a breathy unison. wind gushes around her, quieting her with a 'shhhhh' and gently suggesting a fall. she licks dry lips and almost succumbs to the wind's murmurs. how easy it would be for her to slip and fall weightlessly into the warm sea that held her as a child.

every april they come here and every may they leave once more. francesca leaves the city behind- and with bottles of sand and broken shells she tries to bring the sea back with her. but inspiring smoke and exhaling city air will never really b
of storms and skysee my hair dance wild as wind-strings jerk it about//hear the ocean-wind heave itself against us all- crashing into our eyes and mouth//feel the winter-wind brush our skins in summer//then inhale the heaviness of air and sink through the dirt- because darling, you don’t deserve god’s beautiful violence.

(it drags the tree by its leaves saying kiss your trunk, kiss it and it does; releasing with a snap. the other trees flitter-flutter violently, crying within the cacophony of rain on concrete. white stars fall where light exists, and only sound where it disappears. the sky -the colour of sunburnt skin- watches it all with hunger. a
oh the little thingsIt’d be nice if he'd let me breathe. Just inhale a little air to keep my teeth company- maybe even exhale again when they grow tired of one another. You really don’t notice how wonderful it is to breathe until you’re lying stomach down with empty lungs and the creepy man from the corner store sitting on your back.

But what can I say? Not- ‘please get off of my back, I can feel my spine against my stomach and I don’t like it.’ Because I really can feel my spine against my stomach and am breathless to say such. My cheek makes like feet against the wooden floorboards. This man has a whole forest of trees in here! A

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sweeter than anything, my elise.♥

shoot i did with potential fashion designers clothing
her name is sarah major. :)

not a studio shot, taken outside in front of a tent with no assistance from lighting (bar the sun).
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~Scribbles1337 Feb 12, 2009  Student Photographer
The Colours are Beautiful
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~Saeko11 Feb 12, 2009
nice dress !! wow
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~forfurtherreference Feb 11, 2009
perfect colours

just perfect
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~BlazesStarGirl Feb 3, 2009  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Lovely. I want the dress :aww:
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~AliSTAD Jan 29, 2009
oh i love the dress! does she have a website or anything for her line?
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~ScralatchticaAmongus Jan 22, 2009
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah, i'm getting my hair cut like hers btw.


FUCK.
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Mood: Wow! ~lashespointd Jan 14, 2009
beaaautiful :]
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~BloodyVelca Dec 26, 2008   Interface Designer
gorgeous:heart:
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~cfosgate Dec 25, 2008
:omg: Don't know how I missed this the first time? :clap:
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*2rgj Dec 22, 2008
A very beautiful photo!
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