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October 17, 2010
By Swordpen GOLD, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
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Swordpen GOLD, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
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"Nobody's perfect well there was this one guy but we killed him" -From "Lamb" by Christopher Moore

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I soar on wings of other's downfalls
They take me far away from my own
Though the life I live is fleating
The sky has become my home
Looking down on others
With strength I don't possess
Clouds obscuring my flaws
Sun illuminating my best
Every time I think to land
My wings keep me high
I'm sheltered from the mockery
By the hands of the sky
Even though I know this isn't
The life I want to lead
The sky is my only family
and so I'll never leave...

© Greg K., New Lenox, IL

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