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November 27, 2013
By Natashamarieleite SILVER, Land O&#39 Lakes, Florida
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Natashamarieleite SILVER, Land O&#39 Lakes, Florida
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“Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.” ― H.P. Lovecraft

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There is a word out there where everything is dead.
The sky is black, and the clouds are red.
Nobody there speaks a word;
No "how are you?" and "have you heard...?"
Death is amiss with it's plague and decay,
There will be blood.
It will find you someday,
It will come like a flood.
So brace yourself little girl,
And don't you fret;
It's not so easy growing up in a word where everything is dead.

© Chris C., Pequannock, NJ

The author's comments:
This is an old one. I was thinking about Hades, and this came out of my brain. I found it in a four-year-old notebook. Lovely.
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