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If only you care.....

May 15, 2013
By Ellodan BRONZE, Tifton, Georgia
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If I had been just a little quicker,
I wouldn't be here, drinking hard liquor,
I saw her take a step to the edge and certain death,
And then, she jumped; I never saw her dying breath,
If she was back, I look at her with a glare,
Saying "Why don't you come back, don't you care?"

© Matt F., Pierz, MN

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I wrote this one stormy night after a long train of thought.
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