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The Word We Call Love

May 19, 2011
By Bubblybubbles223 PLATINUM, Warren, Oregon
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people are like tomatoes...theyre red on the inside...and fun to smash...and especially fun to throw at walls. and clowns. and annoying teachers. and pirahnas cuz they say yuck cause theyre vegetables! ~me

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If love was just a word
No one would have been hurt
No one would have been happy
No one would have been spared
Love must be
Set in motion
By a hug, a kiss,
A thought
To be loved,
You will be hurt
And to be hurt
You must hurt others
So what is the point
Of this thing we call love?
To hurt over and over?
Or to accept that pain
Breathes out love

© Susan R., Iselin, NJ

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