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September 25, 2013
By RelativetoWriting GOLD, Brecksville, Ohio
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out of the limbs
mind that cracks like clay
from the tapping fingertips
the muscles that creak
the sweat drains

© Jacqueline T., Flowermound, TX

The author's comments:
I wrote this for an online contest with the prompt "pour". The poem had to have between 15 and 35 words and not contain the word "pour" within it.
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