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Strength of Defiance

May 14, 2013
By Stereohugger GOLD, Long Beach, California
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.&rdquo; <br /> ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

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The Bald Eagle
The sign of the United States of America
Wings spread in flight
Strength lifts it's beak in defiance
Power like electricity
Courses through it's veins
Pride is a dark cloud
When pushed it rains acid
Upon it's adversaries
A tiger snaps it's angry jaws
Trying to break free
From it's 'proper place'
In it’s heart
A war cry escapes
The eagles parted maw

© Michelle B., Blairsville, GA

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