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Where are you from?

March 14, 2015
By onetrueword DIAMOND, Chiang Mai, Other
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Where are you from? 

People asked

I don't know....I said

Five years with Gangnam style

Two years with Obama

three years with indian curry

two years with cheese and wine

and....

a year with enormous elephants

and then people asked...

Where are you from?

Um....International? 

I found myself in a fish tank, wondering who I am and why I am here...

© Tabatha B., Peoria, IL

The author's comments:

I really don't know where I am from.....I am officially from the states, but I lived 5 years in South Korea, 2 years in America, 3 years in India, 2 years in France, and currently living in Chiangmai, Thailand....

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