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A Separate Peace

April 7, 2010
By Soundtrax SILVER, Granville, Massachusetts
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It made me champion of everything

To run

To walk

To balance

To jump

To accept a wreath on my head
It was this liberation

Torn from gray encroachments

The escape we had concocted
This afternoon of

momentary


illusory



special




and separate





peace.

© Jenna H., Marblehead, MA

The author's comments:
A found poem from the book A Separate Peace by John Knowles.
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