Florabella_004
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Florabella_003
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Don't touch me
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As Florabella 
was a child,
she was not 
often caressed
or pampered 
with kisses.
She decided 
to compensate
for this lack 
by trying
to give others 
what she herself
so painfully missed:
Flora enjoys 
the gentlest touch.
No touch will 
ever be too much.
To be in touch 
always feels good,
It makes her happy,
Calms all her blood.
That's why she wants
To touch the blokes.
She does it not 
for making jokes.
The blokes shall feel
What she enjoys.
Different opinions 
have the boys.
The blokes 
freaked out
When she 
had stroked.
They pushed 
her back.
She had 
provoked.
They said 
displeased:
"Listen, my dear,
this is not 
appreciated here!"
She wants to give,
What she had missed,
But people 
don't like
To be kissed.
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Florabella_002
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As a child, she 
had stolen tomatoes 
from her neighbor's 
garden. Her mother 
discovered the theft, 
hit her, and shouted: 
"You stupid thing! 
You good-for-nothing! 
You are a silly prat!"
That's when she decided 
to become a poet, 
because she mixed up 
the words "prat" 
and "poet."
She sat down at 
the kitchen table, 
took a pencil and 
a piece of paper 
and wrote:
"Dearest child, 
now go to school.
On your way, stay 
brave and cool!
Sit on chair and 
learn for life!
Eat sandwiches
and do survive!"
Her mother found the 
note and destroyed it. 
She threw it into the fire 
of the coal stove that 
stood in the kitchen. 
Social criticism 
was not welcome. 
This was the birth 
of her poetic activities.
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Florabella Darlington
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Happy Birthday
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When it was born, 
its mother said:
"Who made this 
ugly bomb?
I can't believe, 
but I'm afraid
it came out 
of my womb!"
So its mother 
always called it
"That Thing."
But its grandmother, 
trained as a fairy,
gave it the 
name "Flora"
because of her 
love for nature,
where even ugly 
plants make sense.
Many years later,
it gave itself
the artist name
"Florabella Darlington,"
because it had learned
to love itself.
Now you can 
read her poems 
everywhere 
in the world.