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                                                Packing Day
                                            by Lisa Scarboro

   I took my smile and put it back in storage today,
   doesn�t look like I�ll be needing it anymore.  So
   back it goes along with some hopes and dreams
   that I had gotten out also.
   I probably should pack them up more carefully,
   but I just don�t feel like bothering.
   I know one thing for sure though, I�m going to 
   shove them so far to the back of my mind that I�ll
   probably never get them out again.
   I know I said that before... but they�re so frayed
   and tattered now that they�re more of an
   embarrassment than anything else, and so hard
   to keep together, it doesn�t take much to damage
   them further.
   They�re getting kind of old now anyway, it�s not
   like when they were young and strong and shiny.
   Too many little holes to patch.
   Too many little pieces to pick up when they fall
   apart.


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Packing Day is copyright 1998 by Lisa Scarboro
    

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