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Smithereens
A day
Smashed
To smithereens
By all means
A mood
Crushed
To blatant retaliation
Increasing aberration
A plan
Ruined
By coincidental matters
A tear spatters
A dream
Shattered
Meaningless at once
No room for bunce
A life
Desperately
On the flutter
At the edge of the gutter...
Joan Marques
Copyright ©2002 Joan Marques
Poetry
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