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Let's Pretend

That it doesn't hurt.

 

That there is no ball,

no yellow tumor,

no pain

 

Let's call it a star,

a little growing thing

with white legs

and glowing fingers

 

Let's say it's kicking me

when I lay down,

tiny diamond feet

pressing under my ribs

 

And when it takes me

let's say it grew,

swelled so large

and so bright

my body could not take it

and succumbed to its brilliance

 

So when I am laying

in a dark wood coffin

that star will be in me still

shining brightly

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Written by
kayla-knight
American
Published
Dec 2, 2010
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© 2010 by Kayla Knight

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