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The Gold Rush

August 31, 2010
By TheBean BRONZE, Monroe, Georgia
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TheBean BRONZE, Monroe, Georgia
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"Life is like a bowl of cherries.......go eat em up!" ~Unknown

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The rose blooms
And tears slip down
The wear-worn face.
No gold here;
His family can't eat.
But, in another town,
He'll find gold
And give his family
Riches untold.

© Dannika S., Phoenix, AZ

The author's comments:
I was inspired by my history lesson to write this short poem about a man in the Caifornia Gold Rush
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