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Affliction

November 25, 2011
By K.H.D. PLATINUM, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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K.H.D. PLATINUM, Fort Wayne, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;KID YOU&#039;LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!<br /> <br /> So...<br /> be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray<br /> or Mordecai Ali Van Alenn O&#039;Shea<br /> you&#039;re off to Great Places!<br /> Today is your day!<br /> Your mountain is waiting.<br /> So... get on your way!&quot; - Dr. Seuss, &quot;Oh! The Places You&#039;ll Go&quot;

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It's times like this
at which
I'd usually poor my heart
into a rhythmic piece
of literature...

and yet...
I'm speechless.

Congratulations,
you have stolen my
poetic vocabulary.

I hope you and your
free-flying,half-deceased
heart
are content
with my anti-rhythmic
affliction.

© Lindsey D., Marblehead, MA

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