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October 11, 2009
By twobirdstone GOLD, Jonesboro, Arkansas
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Favorite Quote:
i have a heartbeat, not like a comma, but like a period, one after another, set in succession on a page; each echoing a silent finality.<br /> <br /> <br /> -- adapted from &quot;the fountainhead&quot;

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i repaid you in every way i could,
monetarily and physically, and i
said that i was sorry over and over again
(so many times i lost count), and even
then i didn't feel like it was enough,
but when i meet you face to face, you
tell me that it's all right and you forgive me
with your old friendly smile and when
i ask if i can do anything, anything
at all, you only tilt your lips and
shake your head. “it's not necessary,”
you tell me as you walk away, while i
watch your disappearing back and
grimace with the knowledge that i will
never fully iron out the creases of guilt
in my soul.

© Kayla C., Burlington, NC

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If you're wondering why it drags, it's probably because the poem is all one sentence.
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mindless_dreaming BRONZE said...
on May. 19 2012 at 4:39 pm
mindless_dreaming BRONZE, Wyckoff, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;May make my heart as a millstone, set my face as a flint, Cheat and be cheated, and die: who knows? We are ashes and we are dust.&quot; -Alfred, Lord Tennyson, &#039;Maud&#039;

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love this poem!
lockness said...
on Nov. 18 2009 at 10:05 pm
One Sentence! That's amazing! The content is pretty interesting too, about not-so-friends. I like it.