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November 22, 2010
By BlueAstronaut PLATINUM, Herndon, Virginia
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BlueAstronaut PLATINUM, Herndon, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Tiny curtains open and we hear the tiny clap of little hands <br /> A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Missed the Boat - Modest Mouse

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the shadows of the tree’s hands
stretch out across the blazing sand.
blocking the sunlight
from my face
and my cheerful attitude
displaced.

hiking through
this desert now
I have often
wondered how
all life here
does not burn away.

this ancient tree,
a shriveled oak,
is all that’s left
of an ocean of trees.

I stand in a graveyard of leaves.

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