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Measured Reading

Measure your thoughts across this page Allow your eyes to move from left to right That they might sink with each word Into your soul like concrete blocks Or grow slowly in your conscious mind As a butterfly might pass softly by your sight Remind you, you are alive To read thousands more or maybe not This might be your last poem ever read That would make you dead or worse To not be able to make another poem yourself

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Date: 5/23/2016 6:18:00 AM
Wonderful thought-provoking poem about poetry, Earl. The concept of penning your own consciousness - well conveyed.
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Earl Schumacker
Date: 5/23/2016 8:10:00 AM
Good morning Michael, Thank you so much. I rarely write about this subject as a subject. It is good to contemplate the measure of what we do from time to time. Glad you enjoyed it. Have a great day. Earl

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