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Poetry
glimpse
By no1butClo
28 August 2007
Could be expanded? Help me out here, comments much appreciated.

She had uncut eyes,
diamonds in the rough
of a face, spattered with
trace-marks of acne and violence.

Hard, but transparent
enough to let the world
know it didn’t want to see
what lay behind.

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Pithy...
Written by patterjack (1430 comments posted) 27th August 2007
...amd gets to the point -- why add if it's not needed ? 
 
Since diamonds in the rough are generally less than transparent , I think you should use the qualifier but rather than and 
 
patterjack
I know her
Written by Talisker (1331 comments posted) 28th August 2007
Think I went out with her last week. 
 
If so, yep, you said it all. 
 
Nice. 
 
Oli :)
Oh!
Written by Talisker (1331 comments posted) 28th August 2007
In the first line your "uncut" could be anagrammatized to: 
 
"u c*nt" 
 
This is the only "improvement" I could suggest. 
 
Oli

Written by Phil (6959 comments posted) 28th August 2007
You paint a pretty vivid picture. Effective. 
 
Phil.

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