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A Wingless Angel

January 11, 2010
By oxStardustxo SILVER, State College, Pennsylvania
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I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.<br /> Franklin D. Roosevelt

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I thought I could fly
So I leapt high as I could
Feeling confident


I dropped back down
And watched the other angels'
Flight through fluffy clouds


A wingless angel
Crying in disappointment
Should find a new dream


But now I know that
Wingless angels cannot fly
away with the others

© Hart S., Versailles, KY

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