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The Funeral

January 31, 2010
By lemon GOLD, Kula, Hawaii
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lemon GOLD, Kula, Hawaii
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Favorite Quote:
"every word was once a poem."

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Is there anything else that i should bring
to that black funeral
for that gold wing

is there anything else that i could say
to the drunken soil
for the worms decay

is there anything else that i can follow
to that broken path
for that deaf dear swallow

is there anything else for the heart to save
to the deep hollow place
for the deep hollow race

cold and pudrid
rain pour slow
cheerful crocking crow

where else is their to go?

© Mary G., Ridgway, PA

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lemon GOLD said...
on Apr. 4 2010 at 1:28 am
lemon GOLD, Kula, Hawaii
16 articles 2 photos 39 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;every word was once a poem.&quot;

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thank you very much. i am glad i achieved such a response from a reader.
softly_sleeping BRONZE said...
on Apr. 3 2010 at 7:15 pm
softly_sleeping BRONZE, Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania
1 article 1 photo 13 comments

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I&#039;m trying to find myself as a person, sometimes that&#039;s not easy to do. Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do. -Marilyn Monroe

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This piece is very emotional... and touching...