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Stranger In Her Door

STRANGER IN HER DOOR Her Kid looks at her: You really want to live? Your life is over Gimme gimme give She’s surprised Been waiting all her life run off to Africa play the drum and fife Who’s this kid Standing in her door Used to be a baby Crawling on the floor Used to be a toddler Loving her to death Who's this stranger Sucking out her breath? Victoria Anderson-Throop © Nov 30, 2012

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Date: 11/30/2012 10:17:00 PM
It seems that it's our loved ones that smother us, drain us, and try to hold us back. They do it out of love. But sometimes you just have to hold out your arm and say "Talk to the hand." This is how your poem spoke to me. I enjoyed it very much.
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