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Living

to walk a tightrope, to engineer a train, to walk into a lions cage, to freefall from a plane to ride the cyclone in coney island, to ride the bumper cars in rockaway park to ride a ferris wheel at a carnival, to ride the carousel in central park to captain a tugboat, to work in compressed air to sail a boat around the world, to race a horse at a fair to capture a moment with a loved one, to enjoy sex with the person of your dreams to act out your wildest erotic thoughts, to skinny dip in a cold stream to play poker for stakes you cannot afford, to hoist a few with friends to do anything you love to do, that's living. The rest is waiting

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Date: 11/12/2010 11:40:00 AM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through the first round of the Poetrysoup site contest Carmine. The best to you in the finals. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/22/2010 5:30:00 AM
I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup Carmine. I also wish you the best in your writing endeavors. If you have questions please feel free to ask anyone here. We are all willing to help and if we don't know the answer we will find someone who does. Love, Carol
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Date: 3/21/2010 8:24:00 AM
Welcome to the Poetry Soup Family of poets... please continue to share your creative writes with us all..as this delight tonight...luv.. Linda-Marie "Sweetheart" of Poetry Soup..
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Date: 3/20/2010 9:57:00 PM
I agree with you, Carmine, living is doing what you love, the rest is just biding time. Your poem is a great reminder...you enjoy walking on the wild side from the sound of it...Welcome to Poetry Soup!
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