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I'm Ready to Face It

February 26, 2010
By Aro_To_The_Heart PLATINUM, Mandeville, Louisiana
Aro_To_The_Heart PLATINUM, Mandeville, Louisiana
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Favorite Quote:
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than hands?

-Ernest Gaines.


Strings of ghosts
flit 'bout my head
like those lazy
charcoal sparrows
chirping their stories.

The days are short
so I build a coffin
and rest easy knowing
it's always on hand.



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Milo! said...
on Mar. 9 2010 at 8:16 pm
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