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                                                Packing Day
                                            by Lisa Scarboro

   I took my smile and put it back in storage today,
   doesnÕt look like IÕll 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 donÕt feel like bothering.
   I know one thing for sure though, IÕm going to 
   shove them so far to the back of my mind that IÕll
   probably never get them out again.
   I know I said that before... but theyÕre so frayed
   and tattered now that theyÕre more of an
   embarrassment than anything else, and so hard
   to keep together, it doesnÕt take much to damage
   them further.
   TheyÕre getting kind of old now anyway, itÕs 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