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Calls of Lives Gone By

June 19, 2013
By alyssum GOLD, San Marcos, California
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alyssum GOLD, San Marcos, California
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The things that walk out when you open your mind. -Dylan McCoy

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Blood red nails
Tap-tap-tapping away
Impatient
Waiting for the shrill
Telephone
Waiting for the willpower
They tap out the calls of the past
They mute the far too silent tears

© Allison S., Eau Claire, WI

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