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The Alchemist

April 4, 2013
By KatherineHuney123 SILVER, Palm Bay, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
This how the world ends,<br /> Not with a bang but with a whimper.<br /> --T.S. Eliot &quot;The Hollow Men&quot;

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A risk I am willing to take
My math and science are perfect
The forbidden science is there for the trying.
A risk I so foolishly overlooked
The cost too great to even imagine
A fool I was
For putting you in danger
The prize is forevermore out of reach
Never to be taken
I lost something trying to force it
You lost everything trying to help me
You can never gain anything
Without first giving up something of equal value.

© Joe D., Ashland, WI

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This poem was inspired by the amazing anime called Fullmetal Alchemist.
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