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Handle With Care

June 9, 2011
By theintrovertmonologues DIAMOND, Pittsford, New York
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I took all my feelings
and bottled them up,
stuffed them tight
in a
neat little box.
“Caution: Fragile
Handle With Care”
With nonchalance
you cast it aside.
“Return to Sender”
I guess it
must have gotten
lost in the mail,
because I still
feel empty and
hollow.

© Samantha W., Albany, NY

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