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One Day at a Time

January 6, 2017
By ScarletCity PLATINUM, High Ridge, Missouri
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Anything that can be done, can be undone. ~Scarlet City<br /> http://eepurl.com/dcyZMn

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One day at a time, sweet Jesus
please let me know
when I should stay
with whom should I go

When I should pass
save my own heart
to pick up the pieces
scattered apart

And then to the boy
too long ago
who broke my poor heart
and doesn't know

I'm bits of old pieces
slathered with glue
oh, boy in the corner
without any clue

© Katie S., Vineland, NJ

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I wrote a poem, right, and last verse happened to rhyme. I took that last verse, made it a first verse, and viola! This happened

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