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American Dream

I wanted perfection,

I had unrealistic expectations,

I wanted a happy start, so that I could look back to that "Once Upon a Time"

and not worry, if I was going to ever be "Happily Ever After".

White picket fences, Green grass that caught my fall,

I wanted somewhere that the walls didn't whisper failures,

Somewhere the doorways didn't shake,

But my cards didn't hit the table that way,

and nobody hardly gets lucky on the river.

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May 11, 2012
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