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August 8, 2011
By ErinAirfire GOLD, Yreka, California
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ErinAirfire GOLD, Yreka, California
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;We are reading the story of our lives<br /> as though we were in it,<br /> as though we had written it&quot;<br /> <br /> -Mark Strand

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As time
unfolded
itself
to encompass
the blinded
lights
of our eyes,
did we
learn
new truth,
or did
we know it
all along?

What would it
be like
to unknow
what we have
forgotten?

Would it be
remembering
a world
defined
by nothing...
or would it
be like
seeing
an unknown
world
for an unknown
time?

© Jessica L., San Jose, CA

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