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		In South Carolina,
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Like the speed
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		How true
Especially so for the younger generation crime or a sin is only such if it is witnessed or caught.
(oh no I'm sounding like a grumpy old woman...oh well I'm 50 in a couple of years....I might as well start practicing spitting and swearing to get in some practice and I already think I look good in purple!)
	
	
	
	
		
	
 
 
	
	
	
		
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		Funny and short as it is, this feels like a poem which would do well in the actual critique sections. It's humour is bitter and moralistic, and in its free verse way it's beautifully arranged. Thank you for the read
 
	
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		Life in the fast lane, Heslopian has the words, I've come back to this a few times, because I enjoy it.
	
	
	
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		12-19-2012, 11:33 AM 
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		Thank you all (cider, jack, ToMH), I appreciate the comments. Maybe I will move this one day to a critique forum.
	
	
	
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson