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PERMANENT MOSAIC

July 10, 2011
By futurerousseau BRONZE, Vienna, Virginia
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Not all those who wander are lost - Tolkien

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I’ve been down in the downtown reality,
jiving to jazz, pouncing on every beat,
singing along with the smog
and the pop
of faraway champagne bottles.
I am
living crucified to the billboard,
repeating, repeating
the lingo of the cats on my right,
while a black mambo man inquires
whether this was a crime scene,
constricting, kneading, wringing,
the endless love out of me.

© Angela M., Charlton, MA

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I wrote this at the TeenInk summer program in NYC. It's about NYC.
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wishing4thebest2day GOLD said...
on Jul. 13 2011 at 6:57 pm
wishing4thebest2day GOLD, Redmond, Washington
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I like it :) Good job!