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What am I?

August 8, 2012
By writer54321 PLATINUM, Chatsworth, Illinois
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;If you always do what you always did, then you will always get what you always got.&quot; -MR. LANE<br /> <br /> &quot;The ending might not be good, but it is not always about the ending.&quot; -Stacia Allyn

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I am a box.
Red, blue, black.
Press my button.
Freeze time.

I am small.
Take me with you.
Press my button.
Freeze time.

Capture this moment forever.
See my work in a frame.
Press my button.
Freeze time.

So many settings.
Show your point of view.
Press my button.
Freeze time.

You are in complete control.
Yet I hold the image.
Press my button.
Freeze time.

Quick! Quick! The baby is crawling!
Come grab me! Quick,
press my button!
So you, can freeze time!

© Annie P., Milford, CT

The author's comments:
This item is very special to me. I use it a lot! As I wrote this poem, I stared at this item sitting on my desk. So simple, yet it does so much. I hope you can take my repetition to solve the riddle. So, what is it?
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TMarie42 SILVER said...
on Aug. 9 2012 at 12:20 am
TMarie42 SILVER, Orland, California
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Pulvis et umbra sumus.

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Camera! Great job, I loved it. :)