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At 10:52 P.M.

April 7, 2013
By 4Fou4 BRONZE, Baltimore, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
"Life should be lived on the edge of life. You have to exercise rebellion: to refuse to tape yourself to rules, to refuse your own success, to refuse to repeat yourself, to see every day, every year, every idea as a true challenge - and then you are going to live your life on a tightrope." -Philippe Petit

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You're in bed with lungs
swimming in mucus,
there's a dog barking
and a car crying
and the shaking bones of the metro
are rattling your own.

My thumbnail is too thick
to fit in the lines of your palm;
my words are too papery
to push past your sinuses
and silence them.


My lungs don't feel
like two shriveled clouds
and one panting stone
at the same time,

But I cannot sleep
All the same.
I will let the hours slip by
like the syllables of your name
As I softly repeat it to myself
until I know you are okay.

© Rosie A., Lexington, MA

The author's comments:
Written at 10:52 on a kindle fire. Don't judge too harshly! Sorry!
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