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December 11, 2015
By futurista12 ELITE, Far Rockaway, New York
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futurista12 ELITE, Far Rockaway, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"And though she be but little, she is fierce."- Shakespeare

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It's bricks, breaking, bowed bits

No longer anchored to childhood tricks

And youth

Hopscotch, squares up and down

Adolescence is a debit card

Its pin written on a little girl's heart

© Irene R., Houston, TX

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