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Flying

December 23, 2013
By Pyrophoric PLATINUM, Ankeny, Iowa
Pyrophoric PLATINUM, Ankeny, Iowa
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Favorite Quote:
"Do I dare disturb the universe?" -T.S. Eliot


I've always imagined flying
Spurting wings and rising up
I've always imagined flying
Rising high above the clouds
Touching the sun with my fingertips
Scraping the sky with my palm
Sitting upon topaz stars
And licking the tasteless moon



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on Dec. 25 2013 at 3:17 pm
theatregirl PLATINUM, Lathrup Village, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;To thine own self be true,&quot; -from Hamlet, a play by Shakespeare.<br /> &quot;I have sworn on the altar of god eternal hostility against all forms of tyranny over the mind of man.&quot; - Thomas Jefferson

I love the poem, my favorite part the line "licking the tasteless moon" , I think that a really beautiful line