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January 27, 2012
By She-who-loves-love SILVER, Tecumseh, Oklahoma
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Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever left, no matter how improbable, must be the truth. <br /> -Sherlock Holmes

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I happened to look down one day
and watched my shadow drift away
it floated, floated into the sky
and all the while, I did cry
for the loss of my shadow, for day after day,
I wondered why it had gone astray

© Ciara B., Kennesaw, GA

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I have the first two lines of this poem written on my closet wall.
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