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THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
A WOODEN OLD HOUSE 
BUILT OUT OF TREE LIMBS AND PAPER BOXES
THE SMILE OF BURN WOOD FROM 
A BURNING BURREL OF LEAVES
CRACK WINDOWS THAT LENGER FROM THE OUTSIDE 
A OLD ROCKING CHAIR BY THE FIREPLACE
THAT CRACKLES FROM ROTTEN CRUSHED CANS

A OLD HOUSE SITS OUT IN THE WOODS
LIKE A WOODSTOCK OF FRIGHTENING BIRD'S OF PREY
WIND BLOWS THROUGH THE OLD HOUSE
SHIVERING FROM OLD AGE 
SITTING THERE WONDERING 
WHO WILL MAKE IT A PLACE OF HOME
THE SOUND OF THE HOUSE 
SINGS LOUD LIKE A TEMPLE OF DOME
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
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