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July 1, 2012
By caitlinmarina BRONZE, Silver Spring, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;This above all; to thine own self be true, <br /> And it must follow, as the <br /> night the day, <br /> Thou canst not then be false <br /> to any man. &quot;- Hamlet by Shakespeare

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yesterday, i
listened as she
gave him
an hour of words;
pouring
caramel-sprinkled latte into
his favorite cup,
no sweetener needed,
like
exhaling.

today, you
gave me
two or three
syllables
to chew,
and they
scratched my throat
on the way
down.

i poured you
week-old coffee in
an abandoned
travel mug,
hardened
splenda at the bottom;
like
inhaling smoke
into
collapsed lungs.

© Trisha L., Neosho, MO

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