{"id":7588,"date":"2014-09-15T23:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T03:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/?p=7588"},"modified":"2014-09-22T18:08:15","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T22:08:15","slug":"i-am-a-clone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/i-am-a-clone\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am a Clone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"orphan-black-slice\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dedicated to Orphan Black\/What if Evanescence met Rise Against? It would be the perfect music for this song.<\/p>\n

Melissa Mendelson recommends this song<\/a> to provide an idea of the music behind these lyrics.<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She looks like me.
\nFate flashes by.
\nShe looks like me,
\nand then she dies.<\/p>\n

I steal her life,
\nwalking dangerously along
\nthe knife,
\nand now I\u2019m cut open.
\nI\u2019m torn apart.
\nThey all look like me.<\/p>\n

Chorus:
\nI am a clone.
\nI don\u2019t belong.
\nI want to run,
\nbut they won\u2019t leave me alone.
\nI am a clone,
\nbut that\u2019s not my name.
\nCall me, Sarah
\nfor now there is no more home.<\/p>\n

My daughter they want.
\nJealousy is ugly,
\nand one might lose an eye.
\nThey can\u2019t have her,
\nbut can I?<\/p>\n

The danger is growing.
\nConspiracy darkens.
\nI have to surrender.
\nI cannot win,
\nbut I can\u2019t give up.
\nThey\u2019re depending on me,
\nbut there are so many.
\nWhat have I become?<\/p>\n

Chorus:<\/p>\n

Bridge: Dear sister, sister. We are the same. One and only. A bond that cannot be broken. I will fight for you, die for you. I will never leave you alone.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t let them take me.
\nDon\u2019t let me take me.
\nDon\u2019t let them take me!<\/p>\n

I cannot take it anymore.
\nI\u2019m breaking apart,
\na virus destroying all that I thought.
\nI know where the bodies are buried,
\nbut still they persist.
\nI am not a clone.
\nI do exist!<\/p>\n

Chorus: Repeat Twice<\/p>\n

1<\/span><\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Melissa R. Mendelson is a published short story author and a self-published poet, whose work has been featured in The Outreach for Breast Health Foundation’s Anthology: Beyond Memories, Names in a Jar: A Collection of Poetry by 100 Contemporary American Poets, and Espresso Fiction: A Collection of Flash Fiction for the Average Joe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She looks like me.
\nFate flashes by.
\nShe looks like me,
\nand then she dies.<\/p>\n

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