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September 4, 2011
By janice.babiie GOLD, Bronx, New York
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Favorite Quote:
“To be nobody but yourself in a world that\\\'s doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.” -e.e. cummings

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Something beautiful
Turned into tragedy
Something extraordinary
Turned into unusual
Something so pure
Turned so black
This life I am living has to be worth more than that.

© Lauren O., Weymouth, MA

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