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Misplaced Priorities

December 3, 2018
By Halcyonday PLATINUM, Johnson City, Tennessee
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Halcyonday PLATINUM, Johnson City, Tennessee
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&quot;Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and cry at a funeral? It is because we are not the ones involved.&quot;<br /> -Mark Twain, &quot;Pudd&#039;nHead Wilson&quot;

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She tried to balance everything she had,

On the same spinning wheel.

Though as it sped and spun,

She was dizzied just keeping hold.

The fool's gold flew off,

But her arms were just wide enough,

To hold onto what she really needed.

© Emily T., Bethesda, MD

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