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October 15, 2009
By queenshanaynay GOLD, Hope, Idaho
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pounding, spinning
sweat dripping
legs throbbing
knees screaming
cannot go on
this is insane
crowd cheers on
shut up, i think
head hurting
tears forming
i'm done,
no more
the finish is near.

© Rachel C., Coalinga, CA

The author's comments:
im on cross country and we race every weekend and every weekend the same thing happens and this poem kind of expresses that. i always wonder why im even on the team
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