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WHEN LIFE GOES DOWNHILL

by Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer, age 13

When life goes downhillyou start to drift.

When the clouds pushyou run down the slope.

When rain lashes youseek coverin a dark cavewith a shimmering light.

Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer
Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer, 13
Brookline, Massachusetts

More by Tatiana Rebecca Shrayer

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