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A Thin Red Line

November 18, 2010
By Icy96 PLATINUM, Romeoville, Illinois
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Icy96 PLATINUM, Romeoville, Illinois
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Horace Mann: “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

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A cut
is just a
thin
red
line
the footprints
of a knife
or a razor blade
or my metal nail file
or my dad's credit card
all of which
have walked across
my wrist
and my heart.

© Jenn C., Marblehead, MA

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drowning-in-sorrow GOLD said...
on Dec. 17 2010 at 7:18 pm
drowning-in-sorrow GOLD, Randallstown, Maryland
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i like this. alot. it kind of spoke to me. i like how you described the cut as "the footprints of a knife".