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The Dust

May 27, 2012
By mwurzer4 DIAMOND, Rochester, New York
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mwurzer4 DIAMOND, Rochester, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"Thou! thy truest type of grief is the gently falling leaf."
-Edgar Allan Poe

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Dust on the walls,
Dust on the floor,
Dust in the halls,
Dust on the door.
Dust in my eyes,
Dust in my nose,
Dust on the flies,
Dust on the crows.
Dust on the dead,
Dust on the living,
Dust on the bed,
Dust on the ceiling.
Dust in my lungs,
Dust everywhere,
Dust in the dung,
Death in the air.

© Ariana R., New Orleans, LA

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