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Lady Bere
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since 2000-02-03
Posts 73
Valmeyer, Illinois USA

0 posted 2000-02-13 12:26 PM


THE NEW AMERICAN DREAM

The American Dream
That twist of reality
One must have money
A family, own a home
Let no one know there is no money
To make ends meet

What happened to the freedom
We fought so hard to win
Freedom to live our lives
No one's "standards" to meet

Spend money not had
Buy things not needed
This is how it's twisted
Into the New American Dream

Live in debt for all life
Never make ends meet
More and more is gathered in
Until we meet defeat.



 Without darkness there is no light
Without the light we cannot see the dark
Balance...It heals the soul -- by: LB



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Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22
Posts 18554

1 posted 2000-02-13 12:47 PM


Lady B...this one says it so true...
I know this story all too well...
good work! take care, janet marie

 In the time we've known
That we each are a part of one another
We've lost as much as we have won...
And as our lives have grown
We have found that it only brings us pain
To hang on to the things that we have done...
***Still I love the times you've come***

Jackson Browne



Lady Bere
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since 2000-02-03
Posts 73
Valmeyer, Illinois USA
2 posted 2000-02-13 01:25 PM


Thank you Janet.

 Without darkness there is no light
Without the light we cannot see the dark
Balance...It heals the soul -- by: LB



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