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Created on: August 15, 2010 Last Updated: February 26, 2011
"Heartache in 50 Words or Less"
I gave my glass heart to a man with hands of steel.
When he clapped, my heart shattered.
Shards of my love, hope, joy lay jagged at my feet.
A drop of crimson on my toe.
There is beauty in the pain.
But those hands are still cold.
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