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ATTENTION

February 18, 2011
By Paige Snyder GOLD, Plainwell, Michigan
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You lie
All eyes look at you
You cry
Arms outstretched in sympathy
You utter your sadness
Of which we all buy
You push us away
Yet want out attention
Just remember
If you're going to push me away
Then I'm already gone

© Simon I., Lansing, NY

The author's comments:
This about a friend of mine who is a drama queen/attention hog. She upset me one day so i wrote this poem
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