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Why is it called Midnight, if it's the start of the morning?

January 26, 2010
By -Emie- SILVER, Wayland, Massachusetts
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-Emie- SILVER, Wayland, Massachusetts
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Favorite Quote:
"Well-behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
"Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children that dragons can be killed." - G.K. Chesterton

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I can't even imagine what sleep feels like.
Right now
it's becoming easier
and easier
to ignore the double vision
the two images
so similar and so different
one fake and one real
people will try to tell you
the real image is the one you can touch,
but I beg to differ.
Not that I have anyone to argue with.
Everyone is asleep
and I'm still sitting here.
Exhausted and about to fall asleep
typing my heart onto the page
until something good bleeds out.

The author's comments:
Inspired by Billy Collins. Written very late at night, hense the title.
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lifefakeswriting1234 BRONZE said...
on Jun. 3 2010 at 4:25 pm
lifefakeswriting1234 BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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in the words of John Lennon, "The more I see the less I know for sure."

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i told you i'd peek around your work(:

and this is simply amazing.

DreamWriter17 PLATINUM said...
on Jun. 2 2010 at 5:50 pm
DreamWriter17 PLATINUM, Marengo, Indiana
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learn from your past to live for the future.

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I love it, very insightful.  :)
SwordGirl SILVER said...
on May. 31 2010 at 11:13 am
SwordGirl SILVER, Apex, North Carolina
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Wonderful. I can tell that you just really want to be asleep - I feel that same way around midnight.
dianaforfree said...
on May. 9 2010 at 2:48 pm
So so so true. I love.
Thorn BRONZE said...
on May. 9 2010 at 1:25 pm
Thorn BRONZE, Baltimore, Maryland
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*chills* great job!
Boosflash DIAMOND said...
on May. 7 2010 at 10:48 pm
Boosflash DIAMOND, Papillion, Nebraska
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Why? I dont know-i think they mean mid-dark. you're the best. i love your work.