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The Flower and the Bee

May 12, 2012
By hiddenbird122 SILVER, West Babylon, New York
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hiddenbird122 SILVER, West Babylon, New York
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;A real friend is one who walks in, when the rest of the world walks out.&quot;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -Walter Winchell

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A flower can't keep it's petals forever...

The foolish bee
That goes from one flower
to the next.
He flits and flies,
Here for a second,
Then gone again.
He won't ever stop his
Pointless journey,
His sweet surrender
To his tiny heart.

But then again,
What could a flower
Ever expect from a bee?

© Greg K., New Lenox, IL

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