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Created on: April 24, 2008
I sit and watch my children play
with Star Wars in their hands
I think back to when I was young
we had our cowboy guns
and Indian feathers
Lazar blast
snaps be back
I watch the universe explode
I think
this is the end
as arrows besiege the fort
But alas the
force is here and lasers
finally cease
And now the bugle blows
reinforcements have arrived
I sit and watch my children
with smiles upon their faces
I smile too
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