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May 22, 2010
By CleverK PLATINUM, Missoula, Montana
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CleverK PLATINUM, Missoula, Montana
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&quot;Imagination is more important than knowledge.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> - Albert Einstein

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Now ends
the time of caged
revolt;
even as the
cage is lifted away,a
scream
begins;
pure ecstacy
soon turned to
ashen
face. For
now we see
the world outside the cage is
scarier
than any of our imaginations.

© Tanya T., Galesburg, IL

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I wrote this as a to celebrate moving on to the next chapter in my life and it is now a graduation thing
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