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today is my birthday
i am eight years old

colored tissue and balloons

then

in one bright blinding moment
life changes forever

a thousand dreams float from the sky
and scatter jigsaw over New York City

September 11, 2001 Rachel Weary
Rachel Weary, 8
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada