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Stagnant City

January 13, 2013
By Macki- BRONZE, Fort Worth, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain;"

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And yesterday was a storm;
Today is the wind.
Wind with sheets of rain washing over this city.
This city so vibrant once, now so internally ill with a plague so condensed water runs like mud while air sits stagnant in open rooms so beautifully filled with tragedy.

© Becky F., Sacramento, CA

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