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That Spot Of Ground
That spot of ground that no one claims
 That no one keeps that no one names
 But no one can it isn't theirs 
 And of the people, I'm aware
 
 I hide beneath a yellow book
 But as I seem to read I look
 Upon my right an empty space 
 Until I see an eager face
 
 He takes a seat and looks around
 On this nameless place, this hollow ground
 He does not claim with his endeavors
 But as it lays to be forever
 
 Boredom sneaks upon his back
 I watch the beast go to attack
 He gets up from the nomad seat
 And makes his way across the street
 
 So I sit, I sit to wait
 And place the emptiness as bait
 
 Just as I thought here comes someone
 The passing fame returns undone
 This girl she has a camera near
 And I suppose she'll use it here
 
 She turns and focuses on me
 As I pretend I do not see
 And as it seems she's satisfied
 She takes her lead she leaves with pride
 
 So I sit, I sit to wait
 And place the emptiness as bait
 
 As I watch a family pass
 A flock of birds arrive at last
 They use the bench to sit and rest
 So they can fly emotionless
 
 But a single dog scares them away
 Attached by leash a man in gray
 How sad to see him follow close
 And solemn he remains a ghost
 
 Soon enough I get impatient
 And find it necessary to leave my station
 And as the place I once had watched
 My own space becomes the epoch
 
 So I sat I sat to wait
 To watch the nameless ground intake
 And as each soul is unaware
 To reveal in fact how much we share.
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