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April 6, 2014
By Giulia SILVER, Palisades, New York
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Giulia SILVER, Palisades, New York
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Favorite Quote:
“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.”

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Floating
Further from fate

Slowly slamming into soft specks
Forming pitiful piles before blowing away

Smoke swarms his lungs
Attacking his very soul
Escaping, leaving nothing but the ashy atmosphere
And small gasps for air

It smells like it does right after a barbecue
Burnt bodies of a few
But this is nothing new

Gone
Intentionally
Touched by flame, now all looks the same

Gatherings of dust
We must
Not trust
The power
Of the flame

© Youmi C., Tamuning, GU

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