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A Can

April 26, 2010
By skywitch BRONZE, Salem, Massachusetts
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skywitch BRONZE, Salem, Massachusetts
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~ A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals, and you know it.~ Agent K<br /> Men In Black

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I sometimes feel like
A can
On a shelf
Waiting to be picked
Waiting for my insides to be eaten
A can
Shiny outside
Paper surrounding
Glued on
A can
Waiting
A waiting can.

© Allyson S., Highland Village, TX

The author's comments:
After reading "Canned" By Alex Shearer I started to really think about cans. And thus the poem "A Can" was born.
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