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A Word

June 16, 2013
By FireThief PLATINUM, Kotte, Alabama
FireThief PLATINUM, Kotte, Alabama
37 articles 13 photos 13 comments

And after all,
what is a word
but four letters
in a particular order?
meaning of course that there are millions of combinations but only some of them work.

Like a safe,
you hit upon the
right order
And you're in.
If you hit them
too hard
they float apart
with no sense.
Like the cards in Alice in Wonderland.

But you can do
many things
with these puny letters.
kill, create, love, hate,
hurt, promise, help, comfort,
embarrass, cheer up.
With spindly black
marks on a sheet
of paper.



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on Jun. 29 2013 at 8:37 pm
probablynotadalek SILVER, Frederick, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to happen. Its not. -Dr. Suess

Wow. This is a cool poem. Made me stop and think.