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[title] => The world you know
[time] => 2009-11-19 13:26:42
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[bodytext] => The world you know is changing rapidly fast You hear the ringing of holiday’s passed Where arguments are the presents You cannot return to the store for cash The world you know is lost And you wish you could find The treasure at the bottom of the sinking ship That once was a family sailing Beyond the ocean’s compass To the place where north and south crossed The world you know is crashed And you wish you could sink into your past Where there was no new brother or sister Forced upon you too fast Where the flood waters light did not flash Your arm was not trapped in a cast And you were in a stable environment That could flourish and last The world you know is broken Your teeth are shattered and your mouth is choking The place you called home, which once was one Is now two, two separate places Where you can find yourself all alone This is now your home The world you know is dead Like a book left upon your shelf unread For at Thanksgiving you will be passing the turkey To the stranger who now sleeps in Mommy’s bed You are the needle hopelessly Waiting for a strand of thread To sew back the pieces That once held together your head [comments] => 0 [counter] => 132 [topic] => 43 [informant] => zedwards [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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