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All Asleep

March 20, 2010
By bluegirl440 DIAMOND, Park City, Utah
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Favorite Quote:
Everybody lies. -House

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nobody left to
weep,
all asleep.

except me

one sleeps,
we all weep

the rest sleep,
one left to
weep

but now I can
no longer weep,
because I'm

finally asleep

© Garrett M.

The author's comments:
A line in James Patterson's When the Wind Blows:
One sleeps, the rest weep.
The rest sleep, nobody left to weep.
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