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Asthma

April 22, 2012
By Gennarae SILVER, Maryville, Tennessee
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Prepare for the worst, but hope for the best.<br /> Perfect girls aint real and real girls aint perfect.

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Throat hurts,
Chest burns,
Heart is beating out of chest.
Body shaking,
Lungs pumping,
Trying to get a breath.
Asthma hurts,
Asthma burns,
But I will prevail.
I will one day win this war
Against this deadly disease
That tries to kill me.

© Susannah B., Grennwich, CT

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