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Oh, the ambition

April 6, 2013
By hemingways_daughter DIAMOND, London, Other
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hemingways_daughter DIAMOND, London, Other
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&#039;Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.&#039;<br /> ― Virginia Woolf, &#039;A Room of One&#039;s Own&#039;

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because when i woke
i had broken.

my mind had given up hope; it said -
"crawl back under the covers -
shut your eyes, child."

my heart filled with longing
persevered.
it bewitched my fingers -
they crept up and out, found the phone, pushed send -

tongue-tied over three words.

my mind laughed and scorned -
"oh, the ambition."

© Caitlyn O., Marblehead, MA

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