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The Ones I Love

THIS HURTS ive been run over by a jeep ive smashed in the mouth with a bat had a fractured eyesocket multiple face fractures whole left side of my face fractured and swollen nose cruched, broken, and broken again BUT THIS HURTS my heart is breaking all my life has been on the roads less travelled i've met hundreds, i dare say thousands of people only a handful i've called friends, kindred souls the ones i love why why why do i lose the ones i love lose them forever i always lose the ones i realy love THIS HURT IS TOO PAINFUL run me over, shoot me, shove me off a cliff anything just stop this heart hurt it's gonna break for good someday a heart can only break so many times This poem was inspired by, and is dedicated to Larry Gibb 7/22/51 to 12/13/11 He possessed the National Defense Service Medal as well as the Vietnam Campaign Medal Also dedicated to my sister Renee Keller deceased 1/24/12

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Date: 10/5/2011 7:17:00 AM
I enjoyed reading your excellent poetry this morning Lea. Love, Carol
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