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By jfunt

Sun, 18 Feb 2007
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Feelings are like taffy
When you heat them up
they become the northern lights
stretching out to encompass the moon

When you cool them down
they crack and splinter
like shards of precious glass

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SHORT (OR LONG) DITTYS - RANGING FAR FROM THE POINT
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