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Ode to Stanley

March 10, 2013
By IAmDana BRONZE, Falls Church, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.&rdquo;<br /> -C.S. Lewis

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Oh Stanley
I have no idea who you are
perhaps my cousin's one-eyed cat
or the marketplace in Hong Kong
or a figment of my imagination.
All I know that
this is an ode
to you.
Perhaps you are flat as a pancake and
if so
congratulations
that must be quite difficult to maintain.
If you are a fifth-grader that lives two states over, then
hello, good luck in middle school
(it's going to suck no matter what).
To whichever Stanley this ode is for
Thank you for being you
Whoever you are
Stanley.

© Brian G., Phoenix, AZ

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