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julie radford's avatar

No no no you guys can’t do this to me! 💀😭 I love them both so much omg

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Black Coffee Poetry's avatar

I'm like Hillary circa 2016: get the vote out!!!

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Tina Rogers's avatar

Totally different, but both brilliant. This so hard!

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Thank you! Yeah, Hazza went straight for ekphrastic land and I drifted quite a bit from the image.

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Black Coffee Poetry's avatar

Voting is part of the fun! No moochy hurt feelings live in our house 😍💯

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Luis Rosa's avatar

Haha terrific—you guys are something else

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Luis Rosa's avatar

p.s.: I didn't vote because I think the readers are the ones who won

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Edward Swafford's avatar

We created this entire concept based around voting 😂😂😂.

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Luis Rosa's avatar

I thought that was a joke, Dinno 😁💀hope you also don’t take it too seriously

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Rea de Miranda's avatar

I love both!

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Edward Swafford's avatar

We heart you, Rea.

Just make sure you love mine more 🖤.

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H. R. Sinclair's avatar

This was a close one. I really sat with both for a while but, after conscious and clear-headed deliberation, I'm gonna have to go with H. R. Swafford

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Edward Swafford's avatar

I want Edwin Richard Hightower to win.

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Samantha Lazar's avatar

Both so raw and intense. Both shared character witness. You both rock. 🎸

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H. R. Sinclair's avatar

You rock too Queen!

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Edward Swafford's avatar

Thank you!

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Jessica's avatar

This was so hard! Both poems were fabulous - I had to read each through twice! 🥳

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H. R. Sinclair's avatar

Thank you Jessica! I'm glad we made it at least somewhat tricky, however better mine- I mean Edward's is.

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Edward Swafford's avatar

It was so difficult to write! It's a weird feeling knowing someone else is writing a piece based off of the same image.

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