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Misanthropy

April 28, 2012
By EricH PLATINUM, Madison Heights, Virginia
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EricH PLATINUM, Madison Heights, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
And before our world goes over the brink,
Teach the believers how to think.








-Philip Appleman

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The blessings of society
Are a funeral pyre to me,
Ablaze upon the cool, flowing
Liquid of my
Solace.

And the dead was not a
Loved one so,
I doubt that I will weep,
As flame foreshadows peace in death
And ashes wash
Away...

© Molly L., Phoenix, AZ

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