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Crosswalk for Poets MAG

June 10, 2011
By maryryan GOLD, Stafford, Virginia
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O Captain, My Captain!<br /> - Walt Whitman

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Shall we paint the town red?
Or any other color that means more.
The boring streets.
Sweeping the rain.
Dressed with cars.

Or shall we walk away?
No, not on a Thursday.
Bleak?
Yes, tortured by our treading laces
And ornamented with our soles.

We will dip our fingers
Into the street
Like it was made of wine.
And throw a spectrum over it
As we cross on a red light.

© Ed J., Marblehead, MA

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on May. 26 2012 at 8:05 pm
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This was so awesome! really, really, amazing! I loved it!