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Poetry by Me |
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Half a Sound |
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Since birth my world has been different, |
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Different than most people's, |
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I only hear about half of what everyone |
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Else hears in this noisy world. |
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Since birth, I have not heard anything |
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Via my right ear. |
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Since birth, I have only used half |
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Of a set of headphones. |
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Since Kindergarten, I have had a scar on my right side |
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Where the doctors used a piece of rib in the operation |
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Done at Duke Children's Hospital. |
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Since then I call myself fortunate because |
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I have not had to endure ridicule, teasing, or taunting |
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Because of my difference, my handicap. |
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Since birth I've never known anything different |
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So I have no idea what, if anything, I'm missing. |
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I don't see myself as being different |
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I am always willing to answer any questions |
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For anyone who has them. |
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I Am From... |
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I am from farms and fields, |
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From blue and geese kitchens. |
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From Christmas baking, |
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Christmas Eve vegetable soup, and |
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Easter Pig Pickin's. |
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I am from pink and yellow tea roses, tree houses, |
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And a horse swing called Wildfire. |
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From cats, dogs, parakeets, |
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Hamsters, fish, and hermit crabs. |
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From camping and trout fishing, |
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Cub, Boy, and Girl Scouts. |
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I am from hot summers and cold winters, |
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Blue-tailed skinks and white-tailed deer. |
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From cartoons and classic television, |
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Star Trek and everything else sci-fi. |
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I am from Firemen's Days, family reunions, |
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and BBQ chix plates. |
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From fire alarms and parttime jobs; |
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Morning Meals-on-Wheels routes and |
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afternoon paper routes with Mom. |
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Land of the Lost and "Hot Cheeses" |
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Saturday morning biscuits from the Rockside, |
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I am from Grandma Vaughan's cancer and Papa's diabetes, |
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From Garner and Warrenton, |
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From Southern Nash County and Boone, |
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And everywhere in between. |
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Home |
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