Revelations of a Brain Plagued with a Quirk

The poems, short stories, musings and ramblings of J. Scott Smith

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Lament for a Line

J. Scott Smith

After all is said and done
And all is done that can be
Had I known all that would be
Coerced from me, whom you shun
There would have been a line drawn
An end attached to square one
To halt each blow made upon
My deceived heart, willing pawn

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• A Baby Named Tyler
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• Black As
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• Can't Get You Off My Mind
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• Lament for a Line
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• Logic Told Me
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• Til the Next Change in the Weather
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