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May 29, 2010
By arcticwolfhowler GOLD, Wilmington, North Carolina
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"Be not simply good-be good for something" -Henry Thoreau

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I tried to look up at the sky
but could not for the fireflies.
I thought I saw a shooting star,
but only saw a modest fly
dive through the sky.
Trying to dance
but only falling
through the stars....

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