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November 24, 2011
By Wonderment DIAMOND, Scranton, Pennsylvania
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To be thankful,
What do I have to be thankful for?
Lots of things I suppose,
though, in a way nothing too.
On one hand I am lucky,
on the other I am not.
In some ways I am full,
in others I am empty.
To be thankful,
what do I have to be thankful for?
Lots of things,
and nothing.

© Marietta S., Pleven, Bulgaria

The author's comments:
To be thankful,
What do I have to be thankful for?
Lots of things I suppose,
though, in a way nothing too.
On one hand I am lucky,
on the other I am not.
In some ways I am full,
in others I am empty.
To be thankful,
what do I have to be thankful for?
Lots of things,
and nothing.
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