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So this is it

July 13, 2010
By MollyLager GOLD, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
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\"The real trouble with reality is that there\'s no background music.\"

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So this is it
The future
With no hand to hold I dip my toes to the river
And break the surface tension.
It cracks the familiarity of home
And dissolves the comfort of a friend
And when the river rebinds itself
The slate is clean.
So this is it
The future
So utterly, alone.

© Jennifer H., Bethesda, MD

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