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Oct 2014
this is the way the world ends
not with a bang
or a whimper

but with kids who grow up taught to aspire to greatness
are expected to be fulfilled by
a house
a spouse
a couple of rugrats
a 9-5 existence
a war we didn't ask to fight
a national debt our great-grandchildren will be paying off
a government that didn't listen the first time
                                                        or second
                                                        or third?

this is the way the world ends
with the American Dream
Meredith Stambaugh
Written by
Meredith Stambaugh  FL
(FL)   
796
   PJ Poesy and FS Antemesaris
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