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December 2, 2013
By falling_UP PLATINUM, Grand Marais, Michigan
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Favorite Quote:
"I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be." Stephen Chbosky - Perks of Being A Wallflower

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I gather my strewn clothes
and fold them into piles
packing to return
to the place I was born.
While thinking of my mother,
bustling in the kitchen
in an apron dusted with flour
and hair smelling of spice,
I imagine my father
sitting in his chair
with his puzzles unsolved
and books waiting to be read.
Both are in a world
sheltered and calm
A world I call home.

© Ellen S., Franklin, KY

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