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Mine

I want to be alone,

In a home all my own

a place only I can go

with a porcelain tub

and a vault of red wine

little white picket fence

enclosing my perfect sanctuary

keeping all the bad out

letting only the good in

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Published: Feb 16, 2017
LinesWords: 945

Tags: #home #one #woman #only #house #feminist #mine

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