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August 2, 2014
By Natalie Rodriguez BRONZE, Coral Gables, Florida
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I want it all
everything
and anything

the life of a millionaire
the soul of gypsy
to be anti establishment

I want to own a corporate chain
who really cares about sweat shops

american teenager
we dress like hippy love child's
yet want money to blow

I want to change the world
but really don't want to change a
thing

Just tell me who to be
tell me who should I be
when everywhere you turn
life's contradictions stares you
in the eye

when its fashionable to be rich
and to be an environmentalist
what to choose
the two rarely coincide

© Meena K., Groton, MA

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