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Stop the Madness

May 23, 2013
By lnsims_98 PLATINUM, Waxhaw, North Carolina
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lnsims_98 PLATINUM, Waxhaw, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33

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Halt nuclear advances.
Organize the global boycott.
Alienate loopholes.
Rapidly advancing fear
Will soon slash lawmakers.
Stop the hurt.

© Sarah M., Blairsville, PA

The author's comments:
I wrote this poem in my Creative Writing class; this is a black out poem. We were given an excerpt of a book or newspaper article and chose certain words in it to make the poem, blacking the rest out in sharpie. The passage I created this poem from is in an old newspaper article.
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