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Just This Once

February 8, 2012
By NotWriting_Bazinga PLATINUM, Park Rapids, Minnesota
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&quot;She thought in Italics and felt in CAPITALS.&quot; Henry James, Jr<br /> &quot;The terrible part is the truth is the only thing you want to hear.... but the last thing you want to admit.&quot; Casey Dalton

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Just this once
I only want to think of me
Just this once
I wish truly that you could see
Just this once
I want to be truly happy
Just this once
I don’t want to be consumed by misery

© Bret J., Phoenix, AZ

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