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Land of the free and home of the brave
City of cheeseheads and the green and gold
80,000+ cheering from the stadium.
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Brown doors that giants have to open.
Rooms that I get lost in, size-four feet sinking in carpet.
Fleets of mosquitos that force me to sleep with the sun.
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I am from...
Walls that shrink with the years, marks from my hands reaching my knees
Hello-Kitty blanket that my feet cannot reach the end of.
Yellow and pink covers on pillows to keep the dust away.
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Short, titian hair that curls in the water.
Bright, colour-changing eyes that twinkle
Laughter that moves the ground.
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Unpolished sapphires seeming so l l with thought, longing.
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