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Poem: The Upside Of It

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Simon Sweetman
Jul 28, 2016
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We are in someone else’s home

in someone else’s town in another

country. But we are sitting in silence, left to our own devices,

checking messages and Facebook and all the important stuff.

The world goes on and keeps spinning by

no matter which side you sit on.

We could be here or anywhere…

We will always be the same.

There is a downside too.

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