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January 9, 2011
By riverstreambrooke SILVER, Canton, Connecticut
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&quot;make it a great day!&quot; -Mason Beekley<br /> &quot;what happened to our future? &#039;cause i can see it in the rearview.&quot; -gary go

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Behind me

is a monster

adorned in shadows

with autumn eyes.

His humid breath snags my neck

His claws of thunder clap

as he chases me.

My legs ignite into a run

My heart prowls its ivory cage

as I attempt escape.

The sky is scowling and heavy

The ground is scabbed and lonely.

When my legs crumple

When my heart softens to a tiptoe

I turn my head

to welcome

solitude.

© Sandy H., Woodbridge, CT

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