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i.
Sometimes I sit
in my nook by the
heater in the kitchen
with a cup of coffee
a glass of water and
a cigarette
and I just stare at
this website while
silently worrying
how many people have
actually read this?
680 individual human beings
680 parts that contribute to
the whole
that's a lot to me
seeing as i am only
one person
 Feb 2013 Andrew McElroy
Marigold
I can not stay still.
I'm not of wood
But of water.

If I remain still I grow stale
Become useless to all,
And harmful to those who try drink me.

He tried to hold me back with anger,
With lingering glares
And wolfish growls.

He tried to hold me back with pity,
With new found pleasures he'd never tasted before
With words to prove his mind was similar to my twisted own.

He tried to hold me back with promises,
Of change and getting better
And everything being perfect in the end.

I would not have it.

I am water,
And not meant to be contained.
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