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Response to a “Friend” Who Said Poetry that Doesn’t Rhyme is “Worthless"

January 20, 2013
By mseiner GOLD, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
“What makes the desert beautiful,” said the little prince, “is that somewhere it hides a well…”
-The Little Prince

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I hope you wake up one morning
with a limp, fall down your stairs
on the way to the kitchen, pull
yourself up to make coffee,
and find jellybeans in the grinder.

Because that’s what it feels like,
talking to you.

© Katherine M., McLean, VA

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