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No Time

January 7, 2010
By bluegirl440 DIAMOND, Park City, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
Everybody lies. -House

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I didn’t have time
to take a
breath

my head dipping
beneath the
waves

tossed in the
currents, my lungs are
fit to burst

up is upside
down

thinking of the sweet
sweet air above
my head

my struggles weakening
against the
inevitable

because
I didn’t have time
to take a

© Amanda F., Orangeburg, NY

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