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Tracks in the Sand

December 28, 2009
By groogruxking GOLD, Florence, Massachusetts
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&ldquo;The only people for me are<br /> the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be<br /> saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn<br /> or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow<br /> roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle<br /> you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes &quot;Awww!&rdquo;-Jack Kerouac

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As the sun sets in the blushing sky,
I look back upon the great tracts
Of boundless desert, and see
A sidewinding serpent crossing
My steps, leaving its own tracks
Covering my own.

And as I watch more closely,
I realize that the tracks
Aren’t too different,
And that maybe
It was me
Who was going sideways.

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