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March 3, 2017July 14, 2017 ~ Barbara Burt

I spoke that story.

Stood before the crowd.

Read the words.

Watched heads nod, eyebrows rise, eyes lower.

Heard sighs at the end.

Wiped that story out of my mind.

And embedded it into theirs.

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