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Wilt.
July 3, 2011
Why can't she stand
without her stem
Why can't she stay strong
without her root
Why do
her petals
decieve her
and grasp
too trusting to the air
that they brown and
crumple and
get the dirt
instead
© Alissa H., Double Oak, TX
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This article has 2 comments.
Nic East said...
on Jul. 27 2011 at 11:42 am
This is a good poem that needs polishing. One thing that will help is the use of a question mark at the end.
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