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The Smile

May 27, 2012
By hermi1rox SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
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hermi1rox SILVER, Brooklyn, New York
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Favorite Quote:
When life gives you lemons make lemonade.

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Below the nose
Above the chin
Following that witty comment, a joke, or a warm gesture
Among cheerful children and adults
Across the mouths of fakers and liars oftentimes
Off to one side, you know that crooked grin
With teeth or without
Between you and me
Through tough times
Until death, forever and always, the everlasting smile

© Katya K.

The author's comments:
My English teacher asked me to write a poem, but the first few words of each line had to be a preposition or a compound preposition. Here is what I have come up with.
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