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November 15, 2011
By TubaLady DIAMOND, Athens, Michigan
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TubaLady DIAMOND, Athens, Michigan
89 articles 2 photos 49 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I know how it feels to be completely alone and helpless, and the last thing you want to hear in that situation is, 'It's going to be OK. ' The only thing that seems to really help is that someone else who has felt that low expressing those feelings"

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Whirr. Click.
There goes the copy machine.
One copy. Two copies. Three copies. Four copies...
Teenagers.
Aren't we all copies?
Nine copies. Ten copies. Eleven...
Of a bigger picture.
Fourteen copies. Fifteen copies...
Does it ever end?
Nineteen. Twenty...
No. Because underneath,
We're all what no one can be.
Twenty-three copies...
And that is-
Twenty-five copies...
Who knows anymore?

© Jill H., Pompton Plains, NJ

The author's comments:
I heard the copy machine and the words just flowed. Need I say more?
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clumsyteardropper SILVER said...
on Nov. 17 2011 at 7:21 pm
clumsyteardropper SILVER, Roslyn, Pennsylvania
8 articles 0 photos 87 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;You can&#039;t help others, if you yourself need help&quot; -my sister ;) love it!

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oooh I liked that... because you made it sound like an actual copy machine, it had a really intense rhythm to it.  Almost like the drums in the background of a song.  Great work :)