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Created on: April 02, 2009
Birth: (handle with care)
31 long hours
I clung, while
the walls of my mother shook
contracting around gloved hands
that came in with knives
to draw me, out
by force.
I was red-faced and angry when I arrived,
surrender makes me angry every time.
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Poetry: Handle with care
by Alice Shoaf
Young maiden reclines in the twilight mist
And relives enchanted evening's kiss
Her prince is demanding; she longs so to please
That
Handle with care the dealings of men,
before their anger consumes the planet again.
War and hate and money and greed,
are merely
Deep within lurks a danger,
Barely visible at first,
Simmering slowly, intense pressure,
Approach with caution; fear the
Be gentle as you handle me,
I am so sensitive you see.
I see, I feel, I react,
I live and thrive,
upon contact.
I fear
by I William
The laws of nature are not bound by our own
It shall retaliate with vengeance and death
Yet we insist that it transform itself
As
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