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False living

December 6, 2013
By KaitSwin GOLD, Ormond Beach, Florida
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Words flow out
The thin flaps are similar to
A tongue
The words sketched into black letters
Instead of forming in a mouth
The bookmark hugs him tight
When he is forgotten about
On a bookshelf in a rundown library
But really
The bookmark is hoping
Hoping to be found
And escape

© Alexis B., Pittsburgh, PA

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