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November 6, 2014
By Jonah Halbert GOLD, Booneville, Mississippi
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We all are like autum leaves,

We live as we boast with our colors,-

But then we fall down;

Spiraling to the ground.

 

As we gently float in the late autum breeze,

We see our destination,;

Down to the ground

© Ana A., Gahanna, OH

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Jonah Halbert GOLD said...
on Nov. 20 2014 at 7:07 pm
Jonah Halbert GOLD, Booneville, Mississippi
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Thank you for your comment. I really enjoy being part of teenink. I hope you will read my other posts!
ansem_unlimited PLATINUM said...
on Nov. 20 2014 at 11:48 am
ansem_unlimited PLATINUM, Frederick, Maryland
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Favorite Quote:
Thou may think of me as desired, to idolize or villanize me whichever you may choose. but gaze upon me and thou sall not see the husk of a man! for all my sins and all my bliss, i am anything but hollow <br /> -Ansem_Unlimited

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nice first person perspective