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Perfectly Still

April 24, 2011
By marinashutup GOLD, Fair Oaks, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Isn't life a series of images that change as they repeat themselves?" -Andy Warhol

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Time swiftly runs past
But I’m perfectly still
Waves rolling like rapids
As I sit and distill

I watch from a distance
As clock hands glide by
I have fifty two days left
One blink of an eye

A sense of nostalgia
Sprinkles the air
Four years have gone
And I’ll never know where

© Kelly G., Norwell, MA

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