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The Memory Shelf

October 13, 2012
By Noah_HF GOLD, Winchester, Tennessee
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Noah_HF GOLD, Winchester, Tennessee
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There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.<br /> -Ernest Hemingway

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Frozen memories are held here,
forever standing until the world crumbles and falls.

Sheaths of pictures of the past
are entombed,
ready to be seen.

It is amazing how materials can hold so much feeling,
ready to emerge at any moment.

The shelf holds the weight of years upon it,
a faithful bearer of time.

© Jessica K., San Antonio, TX

The author's comments:
This is about a shelving unit in my house that holds photo albums and yearbooks.
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