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December 6, 2011
By Ekf07 GOLD, Huntersville, North Carolina
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I am me.
If I’m Christian, Jewish or Muslim,
It doesn’t matter.
I am turned into a ratio
Depending on my region

When I die,
I become a number.
To what, It depends.
The way i die,
Becomes part of the number

The grades I get,
Are put in the system.
There no longer mine,
But what the states
Total average is.

To the world,
Im a speck in a dust storm.
Minuscule, unimportant.
I am but one, in billions in their eyes,

To me, I’m important.
I breath, I laugh
I love
To the world though, I am but a number
Ticking down to zero

© Brad H., Lemont, IL

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This is what i feel about the way we are treated in society
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Ekf07 GOLD said...
on Feb. 24 2012 at 5:54 pm
Ekf07 GOLD, Huntersville, North Carolina
16 articles 0 photos 27 comments

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&ldquo;The expert at anything was once a beginner.All writers are crazy. So never mind what the editors, your family and your critique group tells you. Submit your manuscripts and keep submitting until you get an offer. Then you can be crazy, with a payc

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thanks! 

 

DreamInTheRain SILVER said...
on Feb. 22 2012 at 6:45 pm
DreamInTheRain SILVER, Nevada City, California
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Music, It Runs Through My Veins Like A River, Lyrics Flow To The Beat Of Sound.

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This is amazingly breathtaking.... I felt i could have fainted && your magical with words