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Parents Don't Dream

January 13, 2013
By Sundance PLATINUM, Northampton, Massachusetts
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Sundance PLATINUM, Northampton, Massachusetts
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All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
-Shakespeare

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My parents don’t dream.
They used to,
But then they forgot how.
Sometimes
They think they’ve dreamt,
But then they realized,
That there is no
Such thing as dreams,
When the world
Gives you an icy shoulder,
To lean on
Indefinitely.
They know
They don’t dream,
Because schedules
Don’t have a time slot
For dream fulfillment.
Dreams are only
A cruel,
Short lasting dream.
Maybe parents
Dream to dream.

© Alice B., Sarasota, FL

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