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Repelling a Distant Love

January 9, 2017
By LaurenKenobi PLATINUM, Hartland, Wisconsin
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"When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man." -Anthony Burgess
"We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it." -Anthony Burgess

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While pondering the idea of
approaching my distant love,
I take each step cautiously,

looking him in his brown marbled eyes—

muttering nonsense makes up a language,
and I discover the easiest way
to repel an attractive man.

© Melanie M., Hendersonville, TN

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