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The Summer Afternoon

January 4, 2013
By ZoeBro17 PLATINUM, Carlsbad, California
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Make the most of yourself, for thats all their is of you.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I am running,
Through the field,
Of gold and green.
Where the sun kisses the earth,
And the wind runs along side me.
The brook calls my name as I pass.
I am tumbling through the wildflowers,
Who giggle as I roll down the hill.
I am embraced by the earth,
On one lazy summer afternoon.

© Kathleen O., Jim Thorpe, PA

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