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Rated: E · Poetry · Contest Entry · #2142679
Contest entry for writer's cramp
They paved paradise,
Put up a parking lot

The day that I compromised
How much I was worth

They put up a sale sign
Above my childhood door
As soon as I set aside
All I had been dreaming for

They called my mother
Said I was grounded for life
The day that I fell for it,
Sharpened someone else’s knife

They cancelled Christmas,
Took back all the gifts
The day that I stood back
And let a soul flow adrift

They opened the graves
Let out the undead
The day I said no,
Not my problem to mend

They built up a restaurant
In the place where I slept
The day I closed my heart
To all of those who wept
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