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To get it right
August 20, 2010
Our lives
Prevent living
Our ways
Prevent new
Stripping ourselves
Of lives
Allows new
Stripping ourselves
Of lives
Leaves nothing
Requires the effort
Of love
Of friendship
Of determination
Stripping ourselves
Of ways
Requires
Craftsmanship
In an attempt
To get it right
This time.
© Jessica M., Marblehead, MA
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