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Where I'm From

September 17, 2008
By Anonymous

I am from family get-togethers at my grandparents' farm,
from hay rides, and bingo, and walks through the jungle of corn stalks.
I am from the 50 million relatives that I don't know,
from walking down that mile-long lane.

I am from Denny and Tina,
from my 7 brothers and sisters.
I am from Ethan, Matthew, Erica, Seairra, and Ava,
from dogs and cats, lizards and turtles, and all the other critters that we had.

I am from driving 800 miles every September in our old Town

© Anonymous

The author's comments:
I am the 6th of 8 children. I love writing poetry. I have 3 neices and 2 nephews, that meen the world to me. When I wrote this poem, I was still dealing with the loss of my brother, Steven Eric Stauffer, who died on October 7, 2006, at the age of 27.
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atkane1094 said...
on Oct. 4 2008 at 2:28 am
umm, the whole second half of my poem is cut off...