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ma miller
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0 posted 2000-10-26 03:15 PM


young impressions (1) ...

when i was young and the impressions
were as an absorbing sponge
i'd idle away time, thinking about
what my life would bring

in my dreaming day(z)
i could be a baseball player par excellence
or a concert pianist, if only i had the patience to learn
perhaps an artist, whose every stroke swooned the masses la femme

then one day i saw the garbage man outside filtering through a can
i ran out just in time to see him light it up
half a stogie hanging out of his blackened mouth
one look at me and i knew he'd speak his mind out loud

"ya' keep what ya' find in this line of work"

and on that day, i had decided that would be the life to lead
my, how the impressions sink in so deep


M.A. Miller
10.27.00
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My calling before me, let quill be my offering;
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M.A.




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1 posted 2000-10-26 03:28 PM


It's amazing what you remember from childhood.......what leaves the impressions on us.........I worry about that with my kids all the time....... -SEA     Great poem.
Alle'cram
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2 posted 2000-10-26 03:35 PM


A lovely write and certainly left a impression. Topic covered clever & beautifully.    Marcy
Paula Finn
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3 posted 2000-10-26 03:37 PM


Mark...Isnt that the way it should be in any part of your life...ya' keep what ya' find? Great write friend
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