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Growing Up

January 30, 2010
By lemon GOLD, Kula, Hawaii
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lemon GOLD, Kula, Hawaii
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Favorite Quote:
"every word was once a poem."

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Round your ankles
Pulls you down
Into the hole
To lose your sight
Find your innerds
Escape to light
Climb the walls
Hope to win
Beg for mercy
Plea for joy
Pile high
Die, cry, kick
Scream!

© Andrew S., Pompton Plains, NJ

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