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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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Plastic Baby

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Submitted by imagine on February 9, 2008 - 10:52.

He does not have
my long, reaching fingers,
he does not have
your deep,
searching eyes.

He is a machine with
a sound box and
a plastic,
flawless exterior.
His lips are frozen
in a tiny
smile.
He cries, but
he will never know
the taste
of tears.

Funny how reproduction works
these days,

I guess
we've moved on
from life.

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