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Created on: April 14, 2009
My memories all lie out there
Across a great expanse
Of people, lives
My childhood on another coast
The raining vibrant city
Where I did too many drugs
The sunny little nook
The college I left
Twice
The only friends I ever had
The only life I'd know
Lies on another ocean
In another home
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