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I Know You

November 10, 2017
By smallest-turtle SILVER, Berwyn, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”
― Neil Gaiman

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You smell of decay.
Your paper dead, bound,
crumbling.
Sewn with care,
glue cracked
spine broken.
Your name escaped its leatherbound hold but still, I know who you are.
You are my
Favorite.

© Alexis B., Pittsburgh, PA

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