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February 14, 2014
By 17wkoch PLATINUM, Mequon, Wisconsin
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A number two pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

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Every ounce of anticipation
leaks out of my berry-red body
as the violent tremors
continue to shake my core.
So I run.
And I don't look back
at the catastrophic scene
that has left Act One
a disaster.
Mind racing
heart pounding
foot stomping agony
that has me stumbling.

Into Act Two.

© Sean C., Princeton, IL

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All the life is a stage, so you'd better not forget your stage directions!
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