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One summer I travelled up over Around and through This great mass of land Neatly divided into 50 separate         And a couple picked up along         The way And just when I had seen enough Resting my eyes at a diner in West         Hills, NY               -the one with the Red                cushioned seats that still smell like leaves of grass- An angel, a fallen cherub a shining        Shimmering cousin of Christ! Poured my coffee As I tried my best to focus my eyes And grab a glimpse        (My god I could feel her!) Of what I knew was surely heaven        In disguise And I squinted and she smiled And my heart exploded a billion plus        Light fragments back into the        Atmospheric beginning And I, humbled,        Apologized for the mess But she just smiled New Jersey       Past the pines       On down to New Orleans       And across 1845       Up to '49 Frisco       And back through       Theicyflatwinds       Down marked twains       And Great Ohio As I entered the 51st State
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Mar 19, 2014
Mar 19, 2014 at 6:36 PM UTC
The 51st State
One summer I travelled up over Around and through This great mass of land Neatly divided into 50 separate         And a couple picked up along         The way And just when I had seen enough Resting my eyes at a diner in West         Hills, NY               -the one with the Red                cushioned seats that still smell like leaves of grass- An angel, a fallen cherub a shining        Shimmering cousin of Christ! Poured my coffee As I tried my best to focus my eyes And grab a glimpse        (My god I could feel her!) Of what I knew was surely heaven        In disguise And I squinted and she smiled And my heart exploded a billion plus        Light fragments back into the        Atmospheric beginning And I, humbled,        Apologized for the mess But she just smiled New Jersey       Past the pines       On down to New Orleans       And across 1845       Up to '49 Frisco       And back through       Theicyflatwinds       Down marked twains       And Great Ohio As I entered the 51st State
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Mar 19, 2014
Mar 19, 2014 at 6:36 PM UTC
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