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June 30, 2012
By wingedblondie SILVER, Mexico City, Other
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you? Well, if you walk the footsteps of a starnger, you&#039;ll learn thingd you never knew.&quot;<br /> Pocahontas, Disney, song:&quot;Colours of the wind&quot;

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She blows the smoke from her mouth
softly
and asks how school is
then takes another puff at her Marlboro.
blue eyes, like the sky in May,
an ever smiling mouth
and an eternal cigarette.
Oh, cloud-headed wonder!
Cotton hair,
so white it's almost see-through.
I ask you:
where are the years that have gone by?
but you don't answer, hidden behind smoke, as you go empty your ashtray

© Samantha S., Minneapolis, MN

The author's comments:
This was inspired by my grandma's best friend, and she's one of my favorite people in the world.
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