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"Sticks and Stones"

April 13, 2010
By Mjrey05 GOLD, LIttle Rock, Arkansas
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&quot;So it Goes&quot;<br /> -K.Vonnegutt

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There was a bridge between
?The Union and The Confederacy?
Divided in two, each half made by each side.
?The North supported by stones,?
The South by sticks.?
The sticks sunk fast into the mud.?Their half failed into the river.??

The North's Bridge lasted longer
Because stones just sink slower.

© Sean C., Princeton, IL

The author's comments:
Merely Showing neither side really won. Both will fail. All that humanity builds, houses, bridges, governments....they all will fall
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