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Dear Yanni MAG

April 25, 2012
By expressionconfession GOLD, Cooper City, Florida
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Dear Yanni,
Your music makes tangible
memories of my father

and love
where none existed.

Hearing Santorini
every day before preschool
(while Backstreet Boys belted
in the car a lane over)
may have contributed
to my social ineptitude

but I'd treasure music over people any day.

© Rachel N., Ballwin, MO

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CeceE14 BRONZE said...
on Feb. 16 2015 at 5:28 pm
CeceE14 BRONZE, Rosemount, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;No.&quot;

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So would I.
MiaUnwritten GOLD said...
on Apr. 25 2012 at 5:46 pm
MiaUnwritten GOLD, West Palm Beach, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Let the eyes seek what the mind cannot<br /> Let the eyes judge what the mind cannot<br /> Let the eyes believe what the mind failed to&quot;

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That's a nice poetry