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Future of a Fairy Land

Submitted by imagine on September 29, 2007 - 16:28.

Yes, I was
sitting there in the woods,
my back leaning against the rough bark of a hemlock
and my bare feet
sinking into the sweet-smelling earth.
And the fairy sat lightly
in the palm of my hand
as together,
we tried
to hold back aching tears.
She looked up at me with the eyes of a newborn baby,
eyes blue enough
that they didn't even look real,
and so wide that

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