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When The End Is Near

January 6, 2010
By Runnin_After_Crazy_Rhythm BRONZE, Citrus Heights, California
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when the end is near, what is left?

pictures of times you cannot remember,
though you try
the smell of your mother
the feel of her soft legs in the summer
the warmth of the sidewalk under your bare feet

when the end is near, everything is left.

© Morgan C., Fridley, MN

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this is reminiscent of my childhood
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