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December 20, 2014
By unbelievable GOLD, St. Louis, Missouri
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I took a last look

And slowly closed the book.

I place  it on the shelf

And thought quietly to myself.

My past was neatly stored away

While death silently waited at bay.

A short life indeed it was for me

That started back in '93

When a book with blank space

Was removed from its place

To be filled with words

And odd stories of birds.

But my story unraveled much too quick

When my body suddenly became so sick.

That was the moment the last chapter began

About how life doesn't go according to plan.

© Monica L., St. George, UT

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