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January 3, 2012
By LittleUggie BRONZE, Cookeville, Tennessee
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LittleUggie BRONZE, Cookeville, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning. -Jennifer Crusie

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Childhood dreams break so easily
under the pressure
of reality

Wishes become burdens
where at one time
they were hopes

Where do lost children go
when the bodies they once inhabited
grow too big for them?

© Ilyssa N., New City, NY

The author's comments:
It's senior year and I realized how old I've gotten. Makes one melancholy for lost opportunities.
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