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Just Standing

July 12, 2010
By MaCall Manor PLATINUM, Laguna Hills, California
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Standing
In a crowd
I watch
Them
Suckle at the sweet drunkenness
You exude
Just standing

And in the corner
Like a drooping
Black flower
Cast down
Like the whisper of a shadow
I wonder if you notice
Me

I’m a cloud
You’re the sky
I’m a fallen leaf
You, a magnificent tree
And you’re just standing

© Ashley D., Philadelphia, PA

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