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Mosquito on My Arm

April 1, 2011
By Lucky13 SILVER, Stafford, Connecticut
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Lucky13 SILVER, Stafford, Connecticut
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If its sanity you are after there is no recipe like laughter

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Life is
So short.
One minute you’re
There and one
Minute you’re not.
Gone faster than a mosquito
Having the misfortune to
Alight on
My arm.
Enjoy every moment,
Let nothing go to waste,
For soon you too
Will be gone,
Just like the mosquito
On my arm.

© Steve S., Marblehead, MA

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Odd piece this one. Got to get out my emotions somehow!
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