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January 12, 2011
By phlogiston ELITE, Hermitage, Tennessee
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"A day without laughter is a day wasted" -Charlie Chaplin

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You always seem to disappear
Just as something goes wrong
You never seem to be there
When I really need you
I never get an answer
When I call your name
It’s like you have fallen
Completely out of existence

You always show up
Just as you have a problem
I am always there
When you need a shoulder to cry on
I can’t help but think
That you just don’t care for me
Yet even all the more
I seem to care for you

Once upon a time
I thought you were the only
Then there was only you
For my lonely soul
Times have changed now
So when you come back to me
I am not going to
Be here for you

© Louise T., Marblehead, MA

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