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Rated: E · Poetry · Adult · #2005019

Poetry is about illumination, bringing things into focus that you might not otherwise see.


-Such A Short Life-
by Keaton Foster
Twelve Line Poem
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Conception
Gestation
An often violent evacuation
3,153,599,999 seconds
52,594,920 minutes
875,400 hours
5217 weeks
1200 months
100 years
Give or take
Such a short life
Be sure not to waste…



Such A Short life
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2014.
Note: My math skills are terrible but you get the idea.


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